Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 87
सूत उवाच । इंद्रस्य तद्वचः श्रुत्वा दधीचिस्तोषसंयुतः । ततः प्राह सहस्राक्षं सर्वैर्देवैः समन्वितम्
sūta uvāca | iṃdrasya tadvacaḥ śrutvā dadhīcistoṣasaṃyutaḥ | tataḥ prāha sahasrākṣaṃ sarvairdevaiḥ samanvitam
សូតៈបាននិយាយថា៖ ពេលបានឮព្រះវាចារបស់ឥន្ទ្រៈនោះ ដធីចិ—ពោរពេញដោយសេចក្តីរីករាយ—បាននិយាយទៅកាន់ព្រះសហស្រाक्ष (អ្នកមានភ្នែកពាន់) ដែលមានទេវតាទាំងអស់អមមកជាមួយ។
Sūta
Scene: Sūta as narrator in a forest-assembly setting; cut to the scene where Dadhīci, smiling with serene joy, addresses Indra surrounded by devas.
FAQs
A saint rejoices when asked to serve a righteous cause; joy arises from selfless alignment with dharma.
The narration belongs to a tīrtha-glorification section, but this verse itself functions as narrative transition, not site-description.
None directly; it introduces Dadhīci’s forthcoming consent and action.
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