Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 85
ततो जगाम तं देशं यत्र भार्या शिलामयी । सा स्थिता तापसीवृन्दैः सर्वतोऽपि समन्विता
tato jagāma taṃ deśaṃ yatra bhāryā śilāmayī | sā sthitā tāpasīvṛndaiḥ sarvato'pi samanvitā
പിന്നീട് അവൻ തന്റെ ഭാര്യ ശിലാമയിയായി നിലകൊണ്ടിരുന്ന സ്ഥലത്തേക്ക് പോയി; അവൾ എല്ലാടത്തും താപസീ സ്ത്രീകളുടെ സംഘങ്ങളാൽ ചുറ്റപ്പെട്ടിരുന്നു।
Narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya (exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: sthāna (localized sacred spot)
Listener: Śaunaka and sages / contextual audience
Scene: The king arrives at a secluded sacred spot: his wife stands as a stone figure, serene yet tragic; around her, ascetic women form a protective circle, holding rosaries and waterpots.
FAQs
Atonement is pursued through seeking the afflicted directly, in a sacred/ascetic environment, with perseverance and humility.
The verse points to a specific locale tied to the curse episode, but does not name the tīrtha explicitly in this line.
None explicitly; the verse describes reaching the place of the curse’s manifestation.