Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
अथ ते नर्ममुत्सृज्य तद्दुःखेन च दुःखिताः । विश्वावसुं समासाद्य तद्वृत्तांतमथाब्रुवन्
atha te narmamutsṛjya tadduḥkhena ca duḥkhitāḥ | viśvāvasuṃ samāsādya tadvṛttāṃtamathābruvan
അപ്പോൾ അവർ പരിഹാസം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചു; അവന്റെ ദുഃഖത്തിൽ തങ്ങളുമെല്ലാം ദുഃഖിതരായി. വിശ്വാവസുവിനെ സമീപിച്ച് സംഭവിച്ച എല്ലാറ്റിന്റെയും പൂർണ്ണവൃത്താന്തം അറിയിച്ചു.
Narrator (contextual third-person narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Scene: A group that had been jesting turns solemn; with downcast faces they approach the gandharva Viśvāvasu and narrate the entire incident, hands folded in anxious respect.
FAQs
Compassion and responsible counsel should replace ridicule; seeking the right advisor is part of restoring dharma.
No specific tīrtha is identified in this verse; it continues the story that supports the broader māhātmya.
None directly; the verse indicates they are now seeking authoritative guidance that will lead to proper prāyaścitta.