Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
तस्माच्छृणुष्व मे वाक्यं यत्त्वां वक्ष्यामि सांप्रतम् । दुःखनाशकरं तुभ्यं सत्यं च वरवर्णिनि
tasmācchṛṇuṣva me vākyaṃ yattvāṃ vakṣyāmi sāṃpratam | duḥkhanāśakaraṃ tubhyaṃ satyaṃ ca varavarṇini
അതുകൊണ്ട് എന്റെ വാക്കുകൾ കേൾക്കുക—ഇപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ നിന്നോട് പറയുന്നതു. ഹേ വരവർണിനീ, അത് നിന്റെ ദുഃഖം നശിപ്പിക്കും; അതു സത്യമാണ്.
Unspecified in snippet (a consoling divine/authoritative voice addressing a देवी/Revati context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Varavarṇinī (addressed)
Scene: The Devi leans slightly forward in a gesture of reassurance, inviting the listener to hear a truthful message that will remove sorrow; the listener’s posture shifts from despair to attention.
FAQs
True, dharmic counsel—when heard with faith—removes grief and steadies the mind.
This verse is introductory counsel within the Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in the snippet.
No explicit rite (snāna, dāna, japa) is stated here; it prepares the listener for forthcoming instruction.