Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
अथ दृष्ट्वा महीपालं नातिदूरे धनुर्धरम् । प्रोवाचाश्रुपरिक्लिन्नवदना सुतवत्सला
atha dṛṣṭvā mahīpālaṃ nātidūre dhanurdharam | provācāśrupariklinnavadanā sutavatsalā
പിന്നീട് അടുത്തുതന്നെ ധനുസ്സുധരനായ രാജാവിനെ കണ്ടു, കണ്ണീരാൽ നനഞ്ഞ മുഖത്തോടെയും കുഞ്ഞിനോടുള്ള വാത്സല്യത്തോടെയും ആ മൃഗി അവനോട് പറഞ്ഞു।
Narrator (contextual; immediately followed by ‘mṛgyuvāca’)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The doe, face wet with tears, turns toward the nearby king holding a bow; her posture is both weak and dignified, as if pleading for her fawn; the king’s stance shows surprise and dawning remorse.
FAQs
Even within worldly duties, compassion (dayā) is a higher dharmic measure, especially toward the vulnerable.
This verse is within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single śloka.
None in this verse; it sets the scene for a dharma-discussion.