Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
कात्यायनी समागम्य ततः पप्रच्छ सादरम् । वद कल्याणि मे कंचिदुपदेशं महोदयम्
kātyāyanī samāgamya tataḥ papraccha sādaram | vada kalyāṇi me kaṃcidupadeśaṃ mahodayam
Lalu Kātyāyanī mendekat dan bertanya dengan penuh hormat: “Wahai Dewi yang membawa keberkahan, ajarkanlah kepadaku suatu nasihat yang memberi keluhuran besar.”
Sūta (narrating Kātyāyanī’s speech)
Scene: Kātyāyanī approaches a revered woman/teacher with folded hands, head slightly bowed, in a hermitage or tīrtha-side setting, requesting a secret instruction for uplift.
FAQs
Humility and respectful inquiry before the virtuous are presented as the beginning of true transformation.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it introduces a dharmic teaching within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.
None explicitly; the “prescription” here is seeking upadeśa (guidance) from the wise.
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