Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
ऋषय ऊचुः । सूतपुत्र त्वया प्रोक्तं सावित्री नागता च यत् । कौटिल्येन समायुक्तैराहूता वचनैस्तथा । पुलस्त्येन पुनश्चैव प्रसक्ता गृहकर्मणि
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | sūtaputra tvayā proktaṃ sāvitrī nāgatā ca yat | kauṭilyena samāyuktairāhūtā vacanaistathā | pulastyena punaścaiva prasaktā gṛhakarmaṇi
Les sages dirent : «Ô fils de Sūta, tu nous as dit que Sāvitrī n’était pas venue. Bien qu’on l’eût appelée par des paroles habiles et insinuantes, Pulastya la retint de nouveau dans les devoirs de la maison. Raconte-nous l’affaire telle qu’elle advint en vérité».
Ṛṣayaḥ (Sages)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative frame (prelude to Yakṣma-tīrtha-related cycle)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Forest-assembly of sages questioning Sūta; in the background, a distant yajña pavilion with empty ‘patnīśālā’ hinted, foreshadowing Sāvitrī’s absence and the coming conflict.
FAQs
Even sacred rites can be disrupted by delay and attachment to duties; dharma requires timely discernment and right prioritization.
This verse is part of the Tīrthamāhātmya framing in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but no specific tīrtha is named in this line itself.
None explicitly; it sets up the context of a yajña and the summoning of Sāvitrī.