Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
अथ ते मंत्रिणः प्रोचुस्तच्छ्रुत्वाऽकाशगं वचः । अशोच्यो यं महाराज संसिद्धिं परमां गतः । लक्ष्मणो गम्यतां शीघ्रं तस्मात्स्वभवने विभो
atha te maṃtriṇaḥ procustacchrutvā'kāśagaṃ vacaḥ | aśocyo yaṃ mahārāja saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ gataḥ | lakṣmaṇo gamyatāṃ śīghraṃ tasmātsvabhavane vibho
បន្ទាប់មក មន្ត្រីរបស់ព្រះអង្គ បានឮពាក្យដែលមកពីមេឃ ហើយនិយាយថា៖ «ឱ មហារាជា មិនគួរសោកស្តាយចំពោះគាត់ទេ—គាត់បានឈានដល់សិទ្ធិដ៏អតិបរមា។ ដូច្នេះ សូមនាំលក្ខ្មណៈចេញពីទីនេះ ឲ្យទៅដល់លំនៅរបស់គាត់ឲ្យឆាប់រហ័ស ឱ ព្រះអម្ចាស់»។
Ministers (addressing Rāma)
Listener: Rāma (addressed as mahārāja/vibho)
Scene: Ministers gathered around Rāma, hands folded, looking upward as a disembodied celestial voice resonates; the atmosphere is solemn but steady, with a sense of divine assurance.
FAQs
When spiritual attainment is affirmed, grief should yield to dharmic composure and responsible action.
The setting is within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but this verse focuses on counsel and does not name the site.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the practical instruction is to take Lakṣmaṇa from that place to his residence.