Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
ततो दुःखमनुप्राप्तः पितृवाक्यानि संस्मरन् । रुरोद प्रातरुत्थाय तं भार्या प्रत्यभाषत
tato duḥkhamanuprāptaḥ pitṛvākyāni saṃsmaran | ruroda prātarutthāya taṃ bhāryā pratyabhāṣata
પછી પિતૃવચનો સ્મરીને તે દુઃખથી વ્યાકુળ થયો. પ્રાતઃકાળે ઊઠીને તે રડી પડ્યો; ત્યારે તેની પત્નીએ તેને કહ્યું.
Narrator (purāṇic narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At dawn, the king sits on the palace floor or bedside, weeping; his wife approaches with composed compassion, ready to advise; pale morning light enters, suggesting a new beginning.
FAQs
Remembrance of dharmic warning (especially from ancestors) should move one to remorse and corrective action.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a domestic narrative moment within Arbuda Khaṇḍa.
None explicitly; the emotional turn prepares for prescribed śubha-karman in subsequent discussion.