Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
तं दीनवदनं दृष्ट्वा निःष्वसंतं मुहुर्मुहुः । भूयः प्रोवाच सौमित्रिर्विनयावनतः स्थितः
taṃ dīnavadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā niḥṣvasaṃtaṃ muhurmuhuḥ | bhūyaḥ provāca saumitrirvinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ
তার দীন মুখ আর বারবার দীর্ঘশ্বাস দেখা মাত্র, বিনয়ে নত হয়ে দাঁড়ানো সৌমিত্রি (লক্ষ্মণ) আবার বললেন।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration); verse reports Lakṣmaṇa speaking
Scene: Lakṣmaṇa (Saumitrī) stands slightly bowed, hands folded or held respectfully, addressing a sorrowful lord whose face is downcast and breath heavy; the posture contrast highlights vinaya versus anguish.
FAQs
Humility and respectful speech are upheld as dhārmic virtues even amid fear and sorrow.
This verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single śloka.
No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this verse.