Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57
ततश्चिरेण दीनं स वाक्यमेतदुवाच तम् । किं मया पापमाख्याहि पूर्वदेहांतरे कृतम्
tataścireṇa dīnaṃ sa vākyametaduvāca tam | kiṃ mayā pāpamākhyāhi pūrvadehāṃtare kṛtam
मग बराच वेळ गेल्यावर तो दीन होऊन त्याला म्हणाला— “सांगा, पूर्वजन्मी माझ्याकडून कोणते पाप घडले?”
Unnamed (the addressed youth/character in dialogue)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A distressed sufferer, after long silence, speaks to a sage with folded hands, asking about sins of a former birth; the setting suggests an āśrama or tīrtha grove.
FAQs
Suffering prompts dharmic inquiry into karma; seeking truth from a sage is the first step toward purification.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a moral-psychological turning point in the narrative.
None explicitly; it prepares for guidance on expiation or dharmic remedy in subsequent verses.