Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
ततो दुःखमनुप्राप्तः पितृवाक्यानि संस्मरन् । रुरोद प्रातरुत्थाय तं भार्या प्रत्यभाषत
tato duḥkhamanuprāptaḥ pitṛvākyāni saṃsmaran | ruroda prātarutthāya taṃ bhāryā pratyabhāṣata
അപ്പോൾ പിതൃവചനങ്ങൾ ഓർത്തു അവൻ ദുഃഖത്തിൽ മുങ്ങി. പ്രഭാതത്തിൽ എഴുന്നേറ്റ് അവൻ കരഞ്ഞു; അപ്പോൾ അവന്റെ ഭാര്യ അവനോട് സംസാരിച്ചു.
Narrator (purāṇic narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At dawn, the king sits on the palace floor or bedside, weeping; his wife approaches with composed compassion, ready to advise; pale morning light enters, suggesting a new beginning.
FAQs
Remembrance of dharmic warning (especially from ancestors) should move one to remorse and corrective action.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a domestic narrative moment within Arbuda Khaṇḍa.
None explicitly; the emotional turn prepares for prescribed śubha-karman in subsequent discussion.