Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 92
ततः संबोध्य तं कृच्छाद्दृष्टान्तैर्वहुविस्तरैः । राजर्षीणां पुराणानां महद्व्यसनसंभवैः
tataḥ saṃbodhya taṃ kṛcchāddṛṣṭāntairvahuvistaraiḥ | rājarṣīṇāṃ purāṇānāṃ mahadvyasanasaṃbhavaiḥ
তারপর বহু বিস্তৃত দৃষ্টান্ত দেখিয়ে—রাজর্ষিদের প্রাচীন উপাখ্যান ও তাদের উপর নেমে আসা মহাবিপদের কাহিনি থেকে—কষ্টসাধ্যভাবে তাঁকে জাগিয়ে তুলল।
Sūta
Tirtha: Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (implicit)
Scene: Sages and attendants gather around a grief-stricken king, gently addressing him with illustrative stories of ancient royal sages and their misfortunes, attempting to rouse him from despair.
FAQs
Scriptural memory and exemplary stories steady the mind; dharma is reinforced through Purāṇic precedent.
The verse sits within Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya, but it primarily highlights teaching through Purāṇic exempla.
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