Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
भर्तृयज्ञं सुखासीनं निजाश्रमपदे नृपः । आनर्ताधिपतिर्गत्वा प्रणिपत्य ततोऽब्रवीत्
bhartṛyajñaṃ sukhāsīnaṃ nijāśramapade nṛpaḥ | ānartādhipatirgatvā praṇipatya tato'bravīt
ആനർത്താധിപതി രാജാവ് തന്റെ ആശ്രമസ്ഥാനത്ത് സുഖാസീനനായിരുന്ന ഭർത്തൃയജ്ഞന്റെ അടുക്കൽ ചെന്നു, പ്രണാമം ചെയ്ത് പിന്നെ പറഞ്ഞു।
Mārkaṇḍeya (narrating the prior episode)
Listener: General audience; internal addressee is the narrative audience following the king’s approach
Scene: A king arrives at a forest hermitage; the sage sits comfortably in his own āśrama-seat; the king bows low in reverence before speaking.
FAQs
Reverence and humility before a sage is the proper doorway to receiving dharma-instruction.
No tīrtha is specified; the setting is the sage’s āśrama.
None directly; it narrates the approach that precedes instruction on śrāddha.
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