Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 3
अगस्त्य उवाच । शृणु द्विज कथामेतां सावधानेंद्रियः स्वयम् । विश्वामित्रो मुनिश्रेष्ठः स दिव्यज्ञानलोचनः
agastya uvāca | śṛṇu dvija kathāmetāṃ sāvadhāneṃdriyaḥ svayam | viśvāmitro muniśreṣṭhaḥ sa divyajñānalocanaḥ
Agastya nói: Hãy lắng nghe, hỡi bậc nhị sinh, câu chuyện này với các căn luôn tỉnh thức. Viśvāmitra—bậc tối thượng trong hàng hiền thánh—có con mắt của trí tuệ thần linh.
Agastya
Tirtha: Ayodhyā (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vyāsa
Scene: Agastya begins narration, raising a hand in instruction; Vyāsa listens with disciplined posture; a subtle visionary aura hints at Viśvāmitra’s ‘divya-jñāna-locana’—perhaps shown as a luminous third-eye-like radiance or a haloed gaze in an inset vignette.
FAQs
Sacred narratives bear fruit when heard with disciplined attention; sages are praised for divine insight guiding dharma.
The larger work is Ayodhyā Māhātmya, but this verse introduces the Viśvāmitra episode rather than describing a site.
Śravaṇa with attentive senses—listening carefully to the Purāṇic account—is implied as the proper approach.