Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 160
वाक्येन तेन तस्यासौ नृपस्य भगवानृषिः । कृत्वा मनसि कारुण्यमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्
vākyena tena tasyāsau nṛpasya bhagavānṛṣiḥ | kṛtvā manasi kāruṇyamidaṃ vacanamabravīt
Entendant les paroles du roi, le vénérable rishi—faisant entrer la compassion en son cœur—prononça cette réponse.
Narrator (introducing the sage’s speech; likely Agastya as the responding ṛṣi in this episode)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Agastya, having heard the serpent-king’s plea, softens; the moment of inner compassion is shown before he speaks the liberating instruction/boon.
FAQs
Even after a fall, sincere repentance can awaken compassion in the wise, leading toward guidance and redemption.
The frame is the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, embedding moral history within Prabhāsa’s sacred renown.
None; the verse introduces compassionate instruction rather than a specific rite.