शिव उवाच । श्रूयतां वचनं पुत्र मनसोल्हादकारणम् । आदितः सर्व्ववृत्तानां सृष्टि स्थितिकरं महत्
śiva uvāca | śrūyatāṃ vacanaṃ putra manasolhādakāraṇam | āditaḥ sarvvavṛttānāṃ sṛṣṭi sthitikaraṃ mahat
Śiva phán: “Hỡi con, hãy nghe lời ta—lời làm hoan hỷ tâm trí. Từ thuở ban đầu, ta sẽ nói bản truyện vĩ đại, nguyên nhân của sự tạo thành và gìn giữ mọi biến sự.”
Śiva
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda
Scene: Śiva begins a mind-delighting discourse to Skanda, promising an account from the very beginning—creation and sustenance—while seated in a tranquil sacred grove.
Purāṇic teaching joins devotion with cosmology: knowing origins and divine order steadies the mind and supports dharma.
The verse is introductory; it prepares the listener for the broader narration connected to Dharmāraṇya’s greatness.
None; it is an invitation to attentive listening (śravaṇa) of sacred teaching.