Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 182
एवमुक्त्वा स तं शिष्यं ततो मामिदमब्रवीत् । दयया परया युक्तः सुव्रतः शंसितव्रतः
evamuktvā sa taṃ śiṣyaṃ tato māmidamabravīt | dayayā parayā yuktaḥ suvrataḥ śaṃsitavrataḥ
یوں کہہ کر اُس نے اپنے شاگرد سے بات کی، پھر مجھ سے یہ کلمات فرمائے۔ پرم کرُپا سے یُکت، سوورت—جو اپنے ورتوں کے سبب مشہور تھا—یوں بولا۔
Narrator (contextual, unnamed in this verse); Suvrata is introduced as the forthcoming speaker
Scene: Suvrata, radiant with calm compassion, turns from instructing his disciple to address the narrator; the disciple stands respectfully; the atmosphere suggests a sacred grove near a shrine.
FAQs
True religious authority is marked by compassion and steadfast vows; such a person becomes fit to teach tīrtha-dharma.
The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the immediate verse introduces the speaker rather than naming the tīrtha explicitly.
None directly; it functions as a narrative transition introducing Suvrata as a qualified teacher of dharma.