Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
प्रेष्यत्वेन रघुश्रेष्ठ सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम् । सीतायाः किं समादेश्यं न किंचित्संप्रयच्छसि । अपि स्वल्पतरं राम मया त्वं किं करिष्यसि
preṣyatvena raghuśreṣṭha satyametanmayoditam | sītāyāḥ kiṃ samādeśyaṃ na kiṃcitsaṃprayacchasi | api svalpataraṃ rāma mayā tvaṃ kiṃ kariṣyasi
രഘുവംശശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! ദാസഭാവത്തോടെ ഞാൻ പറഞ്ഞത് സത്യമത്രേ. നിങ്ങൾ ഒന്നും തരുന്നില്ലെങ്കിൽ സീതയ്ക്ക് ഞാൻ എന്ത് സന്ദേശം നൽകും? രാമാ! അല്പമെങ്കിലും—നിങ്ങൾക്കായി ഞാൻ എന്ത് ചെയ്യണം?
Lakṣmaṇa (Saumitrī), addressing Rāma
Type: kshetra
Scene: Lakṣmaṇa (or an attendant-figure) speaks earnestly to Rāma, emphasizing his role as servant and asking for a message or task for Sītā; the scene is charged but respectful.
FAQs
Even in righteous service (sevā), one should speak truthfully and seek clarity of duty (dharma) before acting.
The immediate sequence in this adhyāya leads toward Gokarṇa, a celebrated Śaiva tīrtha, though this verse itself is a narrative dialogue.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it is a dialogue setting up the journey and later tīrtha-oriented actions.