Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
मंत्रिण ऊचुः । मा शोकं कुरु राजेन्द्र यथान्यः प्राकृतः स्थितः । कुरुष्व च यथेदं स्यात्सांप्रतं चौर्ध्वदैहिकम्
maṃtriṇa ūcuḥ | mā śokaṃ kuru rājendra yathānyaḥ prākṛtaḥ sthitaḥ | kuruṣva ca yathedaṃ syātsāṃprataṃ caurdhvadaihikam
মন্ত্ৰীসকলে ক’লে: “হে ৰাজেন্দ্ৰ! সাধাৰণ মানুহৰ দৰে শোক নকৰিবা। এতিয়া তেনে ব্যৱস্থা কৰা, যাতে যথাযথ ঊৰ্ধ্বদৈহিক (অন্ত্যক্ৰিয়া-উত্তৰ) বিধি সম্পন্ন হয়।”
The Ministers (Maṃtriṇaḥ)
Scene: Ministers, calm and authoritative, speak to the king: one gestures toward ritual preparations—fire, vessels, cloth—signaling the shift from grief to rites.
FAQs
Dharma requires composure and timely performance of duties; grief should be transformed into righteous rites for the departed.
Not specified in this verse.
Perform the ūrdhvadaihika—post-death/funerary rites—without delay and according to proper procedure.