Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76
पुलस्त्य उवाच । एवं संभाष्य तं वत्समवघ्राय च मूर्द्धनि । स्वमातरं सखीवर्गं ततो द्रष्टुं समागता
pulastya uvāca | evaṃ saṃbhāṣya taṃ vatsamavaghrāya ca mūrddhani | svamātaraṃ sakhīvargaṃ tato draṣṭuṃ samāgatā
Pulastya sprach: Nachdem sie so zu ihrem geliebten Kind geredet und ihm in zärtlicher Liebe das Haupt geküsst (beschnuppert) hatte, ging sie daraufhin, um ihre eigene Mutter und den Kreis ihrer Gefährtinnen zu sehen.
Pulastya
Listener: Purāṇic audience (likely addressed to a sage interlocutor in frame कथा)
Scene: A tender farewell: a motherly figure affectionately kisses/smells the child’s head; then she walks toward an elder woman (her mother) with a group of companions.
FAQs
It frames the dharmic counsel within a compassionate family moment, highlighting affection alongside duty and discipline.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this narrative line.
None; it is a narrative connective verse.