Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39
सर्पान्पृच्छस्व गरुड मम मातृविमोक्षणे । युष्माकं मातुः किं कार्यं मयेति वदताधुना
sarpānpṛcchasva garuḍa mama mātṛvimokṣaṇe | yuṣmākaṃ mātuḥ kiṃ kāryaṃ mayeti vadatādhunā
“ഹേ ഗരുഡാ, എന്റെ വിമോചനത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് സർപ്പങ്ങളോട് ചോദിക്കൂ—‘നിങ്ങളുടെ മാതാവിനായി ഞാൻ എന്ത് ചെയ്യണം?’ അവർ ഇപ്പോൾ തന്നെ പറയട്ടെ।”
Vinatā (instructing Garuḍa)
Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Rāmeśvara)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Vinatā advises Garuḍa to approach the serpents and ask what must be done for her release; the scene foreshadows a tense parley with nāgas.
FAQs
Even amid oppression, dharma proceeds through clear inquiry and defined obligations, aiming at rightful liberation.
No site is named; it remains within the Setukhaṇḍa’s broader sacred geography.
None.
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