Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
पुलस्त्य उवाच । अथ ते मुनयः सर्वे ज्ञात्वा तस्याः सुनिश्चयम् । कृपया परयाविष्टाः संवीक्ष्य च परस्परम्
pulastya uvāca | atha te munayaḥ sarve jñātvā tasyāḥ suniścayam | kṛpayā parayāviṣṭāḥ saṃvīkṣya ca parasparam
പുലസ്ത്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അവളുടെ ദൃഢനിശ്ചയം അറിഞ്ഞ് ആ മുനിമാർ എല്ലാവരും പരമകരുണയിൽ മുങ്ങി, പരസ്പരം നോക്കി ആലോചിച്ചു.
Pulastya
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Primary listener not specified in the excerpt (likely a sage/king in frame); immediate audience is the narrative assembly
Scene: A circle of sages exchange glances, their faces softened by compassion, quietly conferring after hearing the woman’s unwavering decision.
FAQs
True resolve in dharma awakens the compassion and supportive action of the wise.
The Arbuda region’s tīrtha context is being set, leading into the Maṇikarṇikā tīrtha-liṅga fame.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it introduces the sages’ compassionate deliberation.