Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
सूत उवाच । प्रश्नभारो महानेष यो भवद्भिरुदाहृतः । कीर्तयिष्ये तथाप्येनं नमस्कृत्य स्वयंभुवे
sūta uvāca | praśnabhāro mahāneṣa yo bhavadbhirudāhṛtaḥ | kīrtayiṣye tathāpyenaṃ namaskṛtya svayaṃbhuve
苏多曰：诸位所提出的此问，确是沉重而重大。即便如此，我仍将宣说——先向自生之主斯瓦扬布顶礼致敬。
Sūta
Tirtha: Svayambhū (as svayambhū-liṅga principle)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Sūta bows with folded hands toward an unseen Svayambhū presence; a faint liṅga silhouette or radiant pillar of light behind him; sages watch respectfully as the narration begins.
FAQs
Sacred instruction should begin with humility and invocation, acknowledging the divine source of knowledge.
No tīrtha is named; it is the formal beginning of the explanatory narration.
Namaskāra (salutation) before discourse is implied as a pious protocol.