Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52
भूयोभूयः परिष्वज्य सभार्यः पृष्टवांस्तदा । क्व गतः स्वाश्रमाद्वत्स चिरात्कस्मादिहाऽगतः
bhūyobhūyaḥ pariṣvajya sabhāryaḥ pṛṣṭavāṃstadā | kva gataḥ svāśramādvatsa cirātkasmādihā'gataḥ
তেওঁক বাৰে বাৰে আলিঙ্গন কৰি, পত্নীৰ সৈতে ব্ৰাহ্মণজনে সুধিলে: “প্ৰিয় বৎস, আমাৰ আশ্ৰমৰ পৰা ক’লৈ গৈছিলা? ইমান দিনৰ পাছত কিয় ইয়ালৈ আহিলা?”
Sūta (narration continuing)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija-sattamāḥ
Scene: The parents embrace the boy repeatedly; then the father, still holding him, asks questions with a softened face; the mother’s hand rests protectively on the child’s shoulder.
FAQs
Dharma is sustained through accountability and truthful inquiry within family and āśrama life.
Not specified in this verse; the chapter belongs to a tīrtha-māhātmya setting.
None; it is conversational narrative.