Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
एवं तासां सुदुःखानां महान्कालो जगाम ह । कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य सर्वाः संमंत्र्य ता मिथः
evaṃ tāsāṃ suduḥkhānāṃ mahānkālo jagāma ha | kasyacittvatha kālasya sarvāḥ saṃmaṃtrya tā mithaḥ
Ainsi, pour ces femmes profondément affligées, un long temps s’écoula. Puis, à un moment donné, elles se concertèrent toutes entre elles.
Sūta (deduced narrative voice)
Scene: A group of women, faces drawn with grief, sit together under a tree near the tank steps; seasons subtly shift in the background to show time passing; finally they lean in, hands joined, deciding to act.
FAQs
Suffering driven by comparison matures into inquiry; the narrative turns from envy to seeking the dharmic cause.
Indirectly the same tīrtha context continues; the verse itself is transitional rather than descriptive of the site.
None; it introduces collective deliberation leading to observing the ritual practice.