Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39
चित्रसेन उवाच । उपायः कथ्यतां मेऽद्य यस्ते मनसि वर्तते । करिष्ये तमहं सर्वं यत्नेनापि महामुने
citrasena uvāca | upāyaḥ kathyatāṃ me'dya yaste manasi vartate | kariṣye tamahaṃ sarvaṃ yatnenāpi mahāmune
ചിത്രസേനൻ പറഞ്ഞു: 'ഹേ മഹാമുനേ! അങ്ങയുടെ മനസ്സിലുള്ള ഉപായം ഇന്ന് എന്നോട് പറഞ്ഞാലും. ഞാൻ അത് പ്രയത്നത്തോടെ ചെയ്തുകൊള്ളാം.'
Citrasena
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) context
Type: tirtha
Listener: Ṛkṣaśṛṅga
Scene: Citrasena, a royal figure, speaks with folded hands, promising to carry out the sage’s plan with careful effort; Ṛkṣaśṛṅga listens, poised to instruct; the hermitage and river sanctify the pledge.
FAQs
Humility before wise counsel and disciplined follow-through are essential for genuine purification.
Not directly; the verse is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative framework.
None specified here; Citrasena commits to performing the forthcoming prescribed method.