Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
साऽब्रवीन्नीयमानाऽथ वसिष्ठं किं त्वया विभो । दत्ताहमस्य नृपतेर्यन्मां नयति यत्नतः
sā'bravīnnīyamānā'tha vasiṣṭhaṃ kiṃ tvayā vibho | dattāhamasya nṛpateryanmāṃ nayati yatnataḥ
ពេលនាងត្រូវគេនាំទៅ នាងបាននិយាយទៅកាន់ វសិષ્ઠៈ៖ «ឱ ព្រះអម្ចាស់! អ្នកបានធ្វើអ្វី? តើអ្នកបានប្រគល់ខ្ញុំឲ្យព្រះរាជានេះឬ ដោយហេតុនេះទើបគាត់ខំប្រឹងនាំខ្ញុំទៅ?»
Nandinī
Scene: The cow, being dragged away, turns her head back toward Vasiṣṭha with pleading eyes, speaking as soldiers pull; Vasiṣṭha stands composed, listening.
FAQs
The righteous are accountable guardians: when sacred trust is threatened, it must be clarified and protected according to dharma.
The tīrtha is not named in this verse; it functions as part of the chapter’s sacred-place narrative frame.
None; this is a narrative dialogue establishing the ethical crisis.