Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11
तथेति तामनुज्ञाप्य नारदो नृपसत्तम । सर्वासां मानसं हृत्वा अन्यतः कृतमानसः
tatheti tāmanujñāpya nārado nṛpasattama | sarvāsāṃ mānasaṃ hṛtvā anyataḥ kṛtamānasaḥ
‘തഥാസ്തു’ എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു നാരദൻ അവൾക്ക് അനുമതി നൽകി, ഹേ നൃപസത്തമാ. എല്ലാവരുടെയും മനസ്സുകൾ കവർന്ന്, തന്റെ മനസ്സ് മറ്റിടത്തേക്ക് തിരിച്ചു.
Narrator (addressing a king: nṛpasattama)
Tirtha: Revā Khaṇḍa setting (unspecified)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Nārada, after granting permission, subtly captivates the assembly’s attention and then turns away, preparing to depart.
FAQs
The passage highlights the sage’s agency and the power of directed attention—minds can be guided, distracted, or reoriented within karmic narratives.
None in this verse; it functions as narrative transition within the Revā Khaṇḍa.
No ritual is prescribed here; it narrates Nārada’s departure and the shifting of attention.