Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
लक्ष्मण उवाच । व्यग्रः स पार्थिवश्रेष्ठो देवकार्येण केनचित् । तस्मादत्रैव विप्रेंद्र मुहूर्तं परिपालय
lakṣmaṇa uvāca | vyagraḥ sa pārthivaśreṣṭho devakāryeṇa kenacit | tasmādatraiva vipreṃdra muhūrtaṃ paripālaya
लक्ष्मण म्हणाला—तो राजश्रेष्ठ कोणत्यातरी देवकार्याने व्यग्र आहे; म्हणून हे विप्रेंद्र, तुम्ही येथेच क्षणभर थांबा।
Lakṣmaṇa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Durvāsā
Scene: Lakṣmaṇa, composed and respectful, addresses Durvāsā with folded hands, explaining Rāma’s engagement in divine duty and requesting a brief wait; tension is softened by etiquette.
FAQs
Dharma can present competing obligations; the verse dramatizes the delicate balance between divine duty and immediate hospitality to sages.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None; it is a request to wait (muhūrta) during a divine engagement.