Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62
अत्र श्लोकः पुरा गीतो मनुना स्मृतिकारिणा । तं तेऽहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि धर्मशास्त्रोद्भवं वचः
atra ślokaḥ purā gīto manunā smṛtikāriṇā | taṃ te'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi dharmaśāstrodbhavaṃ vacaḥ
Voici un śloka jadis chanté par Manu, l’auteur de la Smṛti. Je vais maintenant vous énoncer cette parole issue du Dharmaśāstra.
Narrator (contextual; likely a Purāṇic narrator continuing the dialogue)
Listener: (contextual) the frame listener(s) and/or participants in the episode
Scene: A narrator-sage pauses the story and formally introduces an ancient śloka of Manu; listeners lean in as if hearing a legal maxim; a manuscript or symbolic ‘dharma’ emblem is shown.
FAQs
Pilgrimage narratives are grounded in Dharmaśāstra: moral law is cited as the authority for judging actions and their consequences.
The verse introduces a Dharmaśāstra citation; the surrounding passage later connects to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.
None directly—this verse serves as an authoritative preface to a legal-ethical maxim.