Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
रोरूयमाणमालोक्य ततस्ते नागरा द्विजाः । दयां च महतीं कृत्वा ततः प्रोचुः परस्परम्
rorūyamāṇamālokya tataste nāgarā dvijāḥ | dayāṃ ca mahatīṃ kṛtvā tataḥ procuḥ parasparam
അവൻ ഉച്ചത്തിൽ കരയുന്നത് കണ്ടപ്പോൾ ആ നാഗര ദ്വിജർ മഹാകരുണയോടെ മനസ്സലിഞ്ഞു; തുടർന്ന് അവർ പരസ്പരം സംസാരിച്ചു।
Sūta (narration continues)
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: A group of Nāgara brāhmaṇas observe Puṣpa’s loud weeping; their faces soften, and they gather in a small circle to deliberate a remedy.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma emphasizes compassionate guidance: the learned aid the remorseful by directing them toward valid means of purification.
The tīrtha setting is implicit; the verse highlights the dharmic community within the sacred locale of Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Not yet; the brāhmaṇas are about to consult śāstra and purāṇa for an authoritative prescription.