Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
ऋषय ऊचुः । कीदृक्सपत्निजं दुःखं कात्यायन्या उपस्थितम् । उपदेशः कथं लब्धः शांडिल्याः सूत कीदृशः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kīdṛksapatnijaṃ duḥkhaṃ kātyāyanyā upasthitam | upadeśaḥ kathaṃ labdhaḥ śāṃḍilyāḥ sūta kīdṛśaḥ
ഋഷിമാർ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ സൂതാ! കാത്യായനിയെ സഹപത്നിജന്യമായ ഏതു തരത്തിലുള്ള ദുഃഖം ബാധിച്ചു? ശാണ്ഡില്യയുടെ ഉപദേശം എങ്ങിനെ ലഭിച്ചു, അത് എങ്ങനെയുള്ളത്?
Ṛṣayaḥ (Sages)
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Forest hermitage assembly: seated ṛṣis with matted hair and bark garments question Sūta, who sits respectfully with a palm-leaf manuscript; the mood is inquisitive and solemn.
FAQs
The tradition values detailed transmission of moral-spiritual counsel (upadeśa), especially when it yields vairāgya and dharma.
Indirectly, the tīrtha setting of Kātyāyanī and Śāṇḍilyā, whose greatness is being unfolded through their story.
None in this verse; it requests narrative details about suffering and instruction.