Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79
सूत उवाच । उपदेशं समाकर्ण्य स यदा प्रस्थितो गृहम् । धर्मराजस्य संहष्टो मधुरां नगरीं प्रति
sūta uvāca | upadeśaṃ samākarṇya sa yadā prasthito gṛham | dharmarājasya saṃhaṣṭo madhurāṃ nagarīṃ prati
Sūta dit : Après avoir entendu l’enseignement, lorsqu’il se mit en route vers sa demeure, sur l’ordre de Dharmarāja il fut envoyé vers la cité de Madhurā.
Sūta
Tirtha: Madhurā (Mathurā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied standard frame)
Scene: Sūta narrates a departure scene: a traveler, having received counsel, turns from homeward route toward the famed city of Madhurā under Dharmarāja’s command.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha-māhātmya often unfolds through moral narratives where divine law (Dharmarāja) guides outcomes after receiving right counsel.
This verse is a narrative transition; the broader passage still serves the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya, while mentioning Madhurā as a destination.
None; it reports the story’s movement after an ‘upadeśa’ (instruction).