Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 135
यदि जानासि तं भूपमिन्द्रद्युम्नं महामते । तत्त्वं कीर्तय येनासौ मरणाद्विनिवर्तते
yadi jānāsi taṃ bhūpamindradyumnaṃ mahāmate | tattvaṃ kīrtaya yenāsau maraṇādvinivartate
हे महामते, जर तू त्या इंद्रद्युम्न राजाला जाणत असशील, तर ज्यामुळे तो मृत्यूपासून परावृत्त होईल असे तत्त्व सांग।
Unspecified (a petitioner addressing a sage-like figure)
Scene: A supplicant asks a sage to reveal the true principle by which King Indradyumna may turn back from death; the atmosphere is urgent and compassionate.
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It seeks the liberating truth—Puranic teaching frames right knowledge and devotion as the means to transcend fear of death.
The broader chapter is a tīrtha-māhātmya setting; this verse itself asks for doctrine rather than naming a location.
None directly; it requests the ‘tattva’ (core teaching) that grants freedom from death.
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