Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
सुता दक्षस्य विप्रेंद्रा शंकरस्य वचः स्मरन् । ततो हर्ष समायुक्ता वभूवुस्तदनंतरम्
sutā dakṣasya vipreṃdrā śaṃkarasya vacaḥ smaran | tato harṣa samāyuktā vabhūvustadanaṃtaram
ഹേ വിപ്രേന്ദ്രാ! ദക്ഷന്റെ പുത്രിമാർ ശങ്കരന്റെ വചനം സ്മരിച്ച്, അതിനുടനെ തന്നെ ആനന്ദസമൃദ്ധരായി।
Narrator (addressing a Brahmin listener, viprendrā)
Listener: viprendra (addressed as ‘O best of Brahmins’)
Scene: Dakṣa’s daughters, portrayed as a group of radiant women, recall Śaṅkara’s words and become joyful; the scene is domestic yet sacred, with subtle Śiva symbols (trident, crescent, bilva) in the background.
FAQs
Remembrance of the Lord’s decree and trust in dharma dispels suffering and yields joy.
Indirectly, it supports the tīrtha-māhātmya of Somēśvara-linked shrines whose sanctity is rooted in this resolution.
None in this verse; it narrates the emotional and dharmic outcome.