Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71
एवं विलपमानस्य सोमस्य तु महात्मनः । अनुग्रहे मतिं कृत्वा इदं वचनमब्रवीत्
evaṃ vilapamānasya somasya tu mahātmanaḥ | anugrahe matiṃ kṛtvā idaṃ vacanamabravīt
ഇങ്ങനെ വിലപിച്ച മഹാത്മാവായ സോമനെ കണ്ടു (ദക്ഷൻ) അനുഗ്രഹിക്കാമെന്നു നിശ്ചയിച്ച് ഈ വചനങ്ങൾ പറഞ്ഞു.
Narrator
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages
Scene: Soma’s lament softens Dakṣa; Dakṣa’s face shifts from sternness to resolve for compassion as he prepares to speak.
FAQs
A shift in intention toward compassion becomes the doorway for guidance and eventual liberation from suffering.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the setting of the māhātmya, framing the episode as sacred geography leading to Śiva’s grace.
No explicit rite is stated here; it introduces the compassionate counsel that follows.