Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
ईदृशे सति राज्ञोऽपि यौवने च महत्तरे । तत्त्वं वद मुनिश्रेष्ठ येन स्यान्मम संततिः
īdṛśe sati rājño'pi yauvane ca mahattare | tattvaṃ vada muniśreṣṭha yena syānmama saṃtatiḥ
“രാജാവ് മഹത്തായ യൗവനത്തിലായിട്ടും സ്ഥിതി ഇങ്ങനെ തന്നെയാണ്. ഹേ മുനിശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, എനിക്ക് സന്തതി ലഭിക്കാനുള്ള സത്യമായ മാർഗം പറയുക.”
The woman (queen/royal lady implied) addressing the sage
Scene: The petitioner explains that despite the king’s youth, there is no progeny; she asks the best of sages to reveal the true method to obtain offspring.
FAQs
Even worldly advantages (youth, kingship) cannot replace divine grace; one should seek the ‘tattva’—a dharmic, spiritually grounded remedy.
Not named in this verse; the chapter belongs to a tīrtha-glorification setting where counsel culminates in a place-linked practice.
None directly; it is a request for instruction that is answered in subsequent verses.