Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 81
श्रुत्वा स पार्थिवस्तूर्णं वृत्तांतं शापजं तदा । प्रसादनाय विप्राणां दुःखितः स वनं ययौ
śrutvā sa pārthivastūrṇaṃ vṛttāṃtaṃ śāpajaṃ tadā | prasādanāya viprāṇāṃ duḥkhitaḥ sa vanaṃ yayau
فلما سمع الملكُ حينئذٍ ذلك الخبرَ الناشئَ عن اللعنة، حزنَ ومضى إلى الغابة يلتمس استرضاءَ البراهمة.
Narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya (exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Listener: Śaunaka and sages / contextual audience
Scene: A grief-stricken king departs the palace, leaving behind royal insignia, entering a dense forest with folded hands, accompanied by minimal attendants, intent on seeking sages’ forgiveness.
FAQs
A ruler upholds dharma by seeking reconciliation and propitiation when a curse-born calamity strikes.
No site is named in this verse; it sets up the journey that later connects to Kurukṣetra.
Prasādana (appeasement/propitiation) of Brāhmaṇas is indicated as the corrective dharmic response.