Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
कस्य सा दुहिता देव किमर्थं च विवाहिता । एतन्मे कौतुकं सर्वं यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि
kasya sā duhitā deva kimarthaṃ ca vivāhitā | etanme kautukaṃ sarvaṃ yathāvadvaktumarhasi
اے دیو! وہ کس کی بیٹی تھی، اور کس غرض سے اس کا بیاہ کیا گیا؟ یہ سارا تجسّس میرے دل میں ہے—جیسے حقیقت میں ہوا، ویسے ہی ٹھیک ٹھیک بیان فرمائیے۔
Śrīdevī
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (to be narrator next)
Scene: A goddess respectfully questions Īśvara, initiating a sacred narrative; intimate dialogue setting, calm yet expectant.
FAQs
Right understanding is sought through orderly narration (yathāvat), underscoring that dharma is clarified by truthful, contextual teaching.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra in the broader frame of the adhyāya, though not named in this verse.
None; the verse is an invitation to authoritative exposition.