Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
देव्युवाच । अत्याश्चर्यमिदं देव अजा देव्याः समुद्भवम् । पुनश्च श्रोतुमिच्छामि तस्य राज्ञोद्भुतं महत्
devyuvāca | atyāścaryamidaṃ deva ajā devyāḥ samudbhavam | punaśca śrotumicchāmi tasya rājñodbhutaṃ mahat
دیوی نے کہا: اے پروردگار، یہ تو نہایت حیرت انگیز ہے—دیوی ہی سے ان بکریوں کا ظہور! اور میں پھر اُس بادشاہ کے بارے میں وہ عظیم عجوبہ سننا چاہتی ہوں۔
Devī (questioning within the dialogue frame)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī, seated with composed curiosity, addresses Īśvara; her gesture indicates astonishment at the goats’ divine origin; the scene is intimate, like a teaching pavilion near a sacred coast.
FAQs
Sacred narratives invite wonder (āścarya) as a doorway to deeper listening and understanding of dharma and divine agency.
Implicitly Prabhāsakṣetra, as the dialogue continues within its Māhātmya context.
None; it is a narrative prompt requesting further explanation of the king’s extraordinary story.