Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71
सूत उवाच । सवैलक्ष्यं स्मितं कृत्वा ततः प्राह स दुर्मनाः । रहस्यं परमं ह्येतदवाच्यं हि द्विजोत्तमाः
sūta uvāca | savailakṣyaṃ smitaṃ kṛtvā tataḥ prāha sa durmanāḥ | rahasyaṃ paramaṃ hyetadavācyaṃ hi dvijottamāḥ
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ലജ്ജാഭരിതമായൊരു പുഞ്ചിരി ചിരിച്ച്, പിന്നെ മനസ്സുതളർന്ന രാജാവ് പറഞ്ഞു—“ഹേ ദ്വിജോത്തമന്മാരേ, ഇത് പരമ രഹസ്യമാണ്; പറയുവാൻ പോലും ദുഷ്കരം.”
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sūta narrates: the king forces a faint, embarrassed smile, eyes lowered, shoulders heavy; sages watch with compassion as he begins to reveal a supreme secret.
FAQs
Some dharmic experiences are intimate and difficult to disclose; yet in the right sacred company they may be revealed for instruction.
The setting remains a Nāgarakhaṇḍa Śaiva shrine/tīrtha; the verse foregrounds the ‘rahasya’ rather than the place-name.
None; it prepares the narrative for a confidential explanation connected to the king’s vow.