Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
अथ गत्वा भृगुं सोऽपि बाष्पव्याकुललोचनः । प्रोवाच गद्गदं वाक्यं प्रणिपत्य पुरःसरः
atha gatvā bhṛguṃ so'pi bāṣpavyākulalocanaḥ | provāca gadgadaṃ vākyaṃ praṇipatya puraḥsaraḥ
Alors il alla vers Bhṛgu ; ses yeux étaient troublés de larmes. S’inclinant devant lui, il parla d’une voix étranglée.
Narrator (contextual; Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Scene: The serpent-afflicted youth, eyes brimming with tears, approaches the venerable Bhṛgu in an āśrama; he bows low and begins to speak, voice trembling.
FAQs
Approaching a sage with humility and repentance is presented as the first step toward relief from karmic affliction.
The broader passage belongs to a Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the explicit site-name appears later in the sequence (toward Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra).
No direct rite is stated here; the act emphasized is praṇipāta (prostration) as dhārmic conduct before a ṛṣi.