Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 186
स कथं तु मया तातः पापान्मुक्तो भविष्यति । एवं संचिंत्य स ततो नारदं पर्यपृच्छत
sa kathaṃ tu mayā tātaḥ pāpānmukto bhaviṣyati | evaṃ saṃciṃtya sa tato nāradaṃ paryapṛcchata
“എന്നാൽ എന്റെ വഴി എന്റെ പിതാവ് പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് എങ്ങനെ മോചിതനാകും?” എന്നു ചിന്തിച്ച് അവൻ നാരദനോട് ചോദിച്ചു।
Narrator (contextual)
Scene: The king, now steady, approaches Nārada with folded hands, asking earnestly how he may free his father from sins; Nārada listens with compassionate gravity.
FAQs
When faced with complex dharma (like pitṛ-liberation), one should seek instruction from a realized sage.
The verse introduces the consultation that leads to tīrtha guidance; the setting remains within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.
None explicitly; it prepares for Nārada’s forthcoming prescription of tīrtha-yātrā.