Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
जन्मान्तरकृतं पुण्यं परं कौतूहलं हि मे । कथयस्व प्रसादेन विस्तरेण द्विजोत्तम
janmāntarakṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me | kathayasva prasādena vistareṇa dvijottama
میرے پچھلے جنم میں کیا ہوا پُنّیہ میرے لیے بڑا تجسّس ہے۔ کرم فرما کر، اے بہترین دِویج، اسے پوری طرح اور تفصیل سے مجھے بیان کیجیے۔
Rājā (the King)
Listener: Vasiṣṭha (addressed as द्विजोत्तम)
Scene: A king (or noble seeker) with folded hands questions a radiant sage seated in an āśrama; palm-leaf manuscripts, sacrificial fire, and a calm forest backdrop signal a dharma-kathā beginning.
FAQs
It affirms continuity of karma across lives and encourages seeking dharmic understanding from realized teachers.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is an appeal for explanation within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa context.
None; it requests a detailed account of prior-life merit.