Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
स श्रुत्वा तत्र वृत्तांतं रत्नवत्याः समुद्भवम् । विरक्तिं परमां कृत्वा प्रस्थितः स्वपुरं प्रति
sa śrutvā tatra vṛttāṃtaṃ ratnavatyāḥ samudbhavam | viraktiṃ paramāṃ kṛtvā prasthitaḥ svapuraṃ prati
しかしそこでラトナヴァティーの身の上とその由来を聞くや、彼は深い離欲を起こし、自らの都へと旅立った。
Sūta (narrator, implied continuation)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: The king, having heard the account, turns away from the wedding preparations; his posture shifts from confident to contemplative, departing with a subdued retinue.
FAQs
It highlights how hearing a morally weighty account can trigger virakti—ethical restraint and withdrawal from an action seen as improper.
The tīrtha context is implicit (Tīrthamāhātmya), but no named site appears in this verse alone.
None; the verse narrates a decision to depart based on what was heard.