Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 78
सुभद्र उवाच । यद्येवं तव संतोषस्त्वेवमस्तु मुनीश्वर । साधूनां च यथा हर्षस्तथा कार्यं विजानता
subhadra uvāca | yadyevaṃ tava saṃtoṣastvevamastu munīśvara | sādhūnāṃ ca yathā harṣastathā kāryaṃ vijānatā
Subhadra dit : «Si telle est ta satisfaction, ô seigneur parmi les sages, qu’il en soit ainsi. L’homme de discernement doit agir de manière à réjouir les vertueux».
Subhadra
Tirtha: Gaṅgārṇava (contextual)
Type: tirtha
Listener: Munīśvara (addressed; the sage being satisfied)
Scene: Subhadra, hands folded, responds with calm assent to the sage’s request, emphasizing the ethic of acting to gladden the virtuous; the riverside ritual setting remains present but the focus is on respectful dialogue and moral poise.
FAQs
Right action is guided by discernment and by honoring the joy and approval of the virtuous.
The immediately relevant context is Gaṅgārṇava (from the prior verse), though this verse itself names no site.
Implicit assent to the prescribed śrāddha/Pitṛ rite described in the surrounding verses.