Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
निशाशेषे तु संप्राप्ते स पिपासासमाकुलः । निद्रालस्यसमोपेतः शय्यां त्यक्त्वा समुत्थितः
niśāśeṣe tu saṃprāpte sa pipāsāsamākulaḥ | nidrālasyasamopetaḥ śayyāṃ tyaktvā samutthitaḥ
রাত্রি প্রায় শেষ হলে, তৃষ্ণায় ব্যাকুল এবং নিদ্রা-আলস্যে ভারাক্রান্ত হয়ে সে শয্যা ত্যাগ করে উঠল।
Narrator (deduced: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-like purāṇic narrator in Māhātmya narrative)
Scene: Pre-dawn dimness: the youth rises from a bed, eyes heavy, reaching out in thirst; the room is still, shadows long, the sense of impending error palpable.
FAQs
Carelessness born of fatigue and dullness can lead to error; dharma urges wakeful discernment (apramāda).
Not yet in this verse; the narrative soon turns to Śaṃkhatīrtha as the remedy.
None directly; it describes the condition that precipitates the later need for prāyaścitta.