Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
देव्युवाच । कथं जरामनुप्राप्तो नारदो मुनिपुंगवः । कथमाराधितः सूर्य एतन्मे वद शंकर
devyuvāca | kathaṃ jarāmanuprāpto nārado munipuṃgavaḥ | kathamārādhitaḥ sūrya etanme vada śaṃkara
Nữ Thần thưa: “Vì sao Nārada, bậc tối thượng trong hàng hiền triết, lại bị già nua chi phối? Và Mặt Trời đã được phụng thờ như thế nào? Xin hãy nói cho con điều ấy, ôi Śaṅkara.”
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame); narrative leads toward Sūrya-upāsanā connected with Prabhāsa/Dvārakā region
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaṅkara
Scene: Devī questions Śaṅkara in a calm, intimate dialogue setting, initiating the tale of Nārada’s old age and Sūrya worship; the atmosphere is contemplative, with subtle cosmic gravitas.
FAQs
Sacred tīrtha benefits are grounded in narrative causality; the Purāṇa invites inquiry to reveal the dharma behind the miracle.
The question points to the Nārada-Āditya tīrtha narrative within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
None directly; it introduces the explanation of Sūrya-ārādhana (Sun worship).