Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
ऋषय ऊचुः । केन कर्मविपाकेन संजाता विषकन्यका । स्वकुलोच्छेदनकरी सर्वं सूत ब्रवीहि नः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kena karmavipākena saṃjātā viṣakanyakā | svakulocchedanakarī sarvaṃ sūta bravīhi naḥ
ഋഷികൾ പറഞ്ഞു— ‘ഏത് കർമ്മവിപാകത്താൽ ഈ വിഷകന്യ ജനിച്ചു, സ്വന്തം കുലത്തെ തന്നെ ഛേദിക്കുന്നവളായി? ഹേ സൂതാ, ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് എല്ലാം പറയുക.’
Ṛṣayaḥ (Sages)
Listener: Sūta
Scene: A forest hermitage assembly: sages seated in a semicircle, palms joined, questioning Sūta; the atmosphere is contemplative, with a manuscript stand and sacrificial fire, indicating transmission of karmic knowledge.
FAQs
It models dhārmic inquiry: sages seek the karmic cause behind suffering, affirming moral causality in Purāṇic thought.
The verse is a narrative question within Tīrthamāhātmya; the tīrtha itself is described in subsequent verses of the same adhyāya.
None here; it is a request for explanation, not a rite.