Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
तं दीनवदनं दृष्ट्वा निःष्वसंतं मुहुर्मुहुः । भूयः प्रोवाच सौमित्रिर्विनयावनतः स्थितः
taṃ dīnavadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā niḥṣvasaṃtaṃ muhurmuhuḥ | bhūyaḥ provāca saumitrirvinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ
അവന്റെ ദീനമുഖവും വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും നെടുവീർപ്പിടുന്നതും കണ്ടു, വിനയത്തോടെ തലകുനിച്ച് നിന്ന സൗമിത്രി (ലക്ഷ്മണൻ) വീണ്ടും പറഞ്ഞു.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration); verse reports Lakṣmaṇa speaking
Scene: Lakṣmaṇa (Saumitrī) stands slightly bowed, hands folded or held respectfully, addressing a sorrowful lord whose face is downcast and breath heavy; the posture contrast highlights vinaya versus anguish.
FAQs
Humility and respectful speech are upheld as dhārmic virtues even amid fear and sorrow.
This verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single śloka.
No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this verse.