Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
साऽब्रवीन्नीयमानाऽथ वसिष्ठं किं त्वया विभो । दत्ताहमस्य नृपतेर्यन्मां नयति यत्नतः
sā'bravīnnīyamānā'tha vasiṣṭhaṃ kiṃ tvayā vibho | dattāhamasya nṛpateryanmāṃ nayati yatnataḥ
അവളെ കൊണ്ടുപോകുമ്പോൾ അവൾ വസിഷ്ഠനോടു പറഞ്ഞു—“ഹേ വിഭോ! നിങ്ങൾ എന്തു ചെയ്തു? ഈ നൃപതി ഇങ്ങനെ പരിശ്രമിച്ച് എന്നെ കൊണ്ടുപോകുന്നു; എന്നെ അവനു ദാനമായി നൽകിയോ?”
Nandinī
Scene: The cow, being dragged away, turns her head back toward Vasiṣṭha with pleading eyes, speaking as soldiers pull; Vasiṣṭha stands composed, listening.
FAQs
The righteous are accountable guardians: when sacred trust is threatened, it must be clarified and protected according to dharma.
The tīrtha is not named in this verse; it functions as part of the chapter’s sacred-place narrative frame.
None; this is a narrative dialogue establishing the ethical crisis.