Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
ततः सोऽपि महीपालः क्षुत्पिपासासमाकुलः । दृष्ट्वा तद्व्यसनं प्राप्तमात्मनः सेवकैः समम्
tataḥ so'pi mahīpālaḥ kṣutpipāsāsamākulaḥ | dṛṣṭvā tadvyasanaṃ prāptamātmanaḥ sevakaiḥ samam
তেতিয়া সেই মহীপালও ক্ষুধা-পিপাসাত ব্যাকুল হৈ, নিজৰ সেৱকসকলৰ সৈতে একেলগে নিজৰ ওপৰত আহি পৰা সেই বিপদ দেখিলে।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Scene: A weary king in a harsh wilderness, attendants equally stricken; dust, heat-haze, and the king’s anxious gaze upon his suffering retinue.
FAQs
A ruler’s dharma includes recognizing shared suffering and responding with responsibility; in Purāṇic structure, this realization often precedes turning toward a sacred remedy—tīrtha, worship, or penance.
Not specified in this verse; it sets the emotional and ethical ground for the tīrtha’s forthcoming glory in the chapter.
None.
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