Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13
प्रातरन्वेषयामास मुनिर्वस्त्रमितस्ततः । ततः सा ब्राह्मणी प्राह किं अन्वेषयसे प्रभो । केन कार्यं तव तथा वदस्व मम तत्त्वतः
prātaranveṣayāmāsa munirvastramitastataḥ | tataḥ sā brāhmaṇī prāha kiṃ anveṣayase prabho | kena kāryaṃ tava tathā vadasva mama tattvataḥ
ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ ಮುನಿಯು ತನ್ನ ವಸ್ತ್ರವನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿತ್ತಿಂದ ಅಲ್ಲಿತ್ತಿಂದ ಹುಡುಕಿದನು. ಆಗ ಆ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣಿ ಹೇಳಿದಳು— “ಪ್ರಭೋ, ನೀವು ಏನು ಹುಡುಕುತ್ತೀರಿ? ನಿಮ್ಮ ಕಾರ್ಯವೇನು? ಸತ್ಯವಾಗಿ ನನಗೆ ಹೇಳಿರಿ.”
Narrator; direct speech by the Brāhmaṇī (Tāpasī)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha ambit
Type: kshetra
Scene: At dawn near a riverside hermitage/settlement, a sage searches for a garment; a brāhmaṇī approaches and asks with respectful candor what he seeks and why.
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Dharma is supported by truthful inquiry and direct speech—asking for the real purpose (tattvataḥ) behind actions.
No sacred site is named in this verse; it is a narrative exchange within the Revā Khaṇḍa.
None; the verse is primarily dialogic and narrative.
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