Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
ततः शुक्रं समाहूय प्रोवाच मधुरं वचः । विनयावनतो भूत्वा चतुर्भिः सचिवैः सह
tataḥ śukraṃ samāhūya provāca madhuraṃ vacaḥ | vinayāvanato bhūtvā caturbhiḥ sacivaiḥ saha
അതിനുശേഷം അവൻ ശുക്രനെ വിളിപ്പിച്ച്, വിനയത്തോടെ നമിഞ്ഞ്, തന്റെ നാല് മന്ത്രിമാരോടൊപ്പം മധുരവചനങ്ങൾ പറഞ്ഞു.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator addressing brāhmaṇas)
Listener: brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: A formal summons: Śukra enters or is seated as revered ācārya; the asura-king bows with folded hands, four ministers standing behind in orderly formation.
FAQs
Even the powerful seek counsel; approaching a teacher with humility is portrayed as an effective (though not always righteous) strategy.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; it narrates a consultation with the preceptor Śukra.