Skandapurana 1.4.65.3

1.4.65.3

2 arjunasya nāradena saha samāgamaḥ, nāradamukhātpāṇḍavakuśalavṛttāntaśravaṇottaramarjunena tīrthamāhātmyajijñāsayā nāradaṃ prati praśnakaraṇam, atha nāradena brahmalokavṛttāntavarṇanaprastāvapūrvakaṃ suśravaḥprokta kātyāyanasārasvatasaṃvādavarṇanam tatra sārasvatamaharṣiṇā- kātyāyanamaharṣaye dharmatattvakathanam, tataśca dānamāhātmyavarṇanam, dānamāhātmyaśravaṇottaraṃ dānārthamutsukamānasasya svasyārthānnāradasya dānadānārthaṃ dravyopārjanāya nānādeśaparyaṭanavṛttāntaḥ - - .. .... 77 1

2. Arjuna's meeting with Nārada; after hearing the news of the welfare of the Pāṇḍavas from the mouth of Nārada, Arjuna asking a question to Nārada out of a desire to know the māhātmya of the tīrthas; then Nārada, with an introduction narrating the news of the world of Brahmā, recounting the dialogue between Kātyāyana and Sārasvata related by Suśravas; there, the great seer Sārasvata expounding the truth of dharma to the great seer Kātyāyana; and then the description of the māhātmya of gifts; after hearing the māhātmya of gifts, the account of his own—that is, Nārada's—wandering through various regions to acquire wealth for the sake of giving gifts, his mind being eager for giving gifts.... 77 1