Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
ततो दुःखमनुप्राप्तः पितृवाक्यानि संस्मरन् । रुरोद प्रातरुत्थाय तं भार्या प्रत्यभाषत
tato duḥkhamanuprāptaḥ pitṛvākyāni saṃsmaran | ruroda prātarutthāya taṃ bhāryā pratyabhāṣata
मग पितरांची वचने आठवून तो दुःखाने व्याकुळ झाला. पहाटे उठून तो रडू लागला; तेव्हा त्याची पत्नी त्याला म्हणाली.
Narrator (purāṇic narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At dawn, the king sits on the palace floor or bedside, weeping; his wife approaches with composed compassion, ready to advise; pale morning light enters, suggesting a new beginning.
FAQs
Remembrance of dharmic warning (especially from ancestors) should move one to remorse and corrective action.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a domestic narrative moment within Arbuda Khaṇḍa.
None explicitly; the emotional turn prepares for prescribed śubha-karman in subsequent discussion.