Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59
सारस्वत उवाच । भोजराज शुभं तेस्तु ज्ञातं तत्कारणं मया । मृगानना त्वया नारी समानीता वनात्किल
sārasvata uvāca | bhojarāja śubhaṃ testu jñātaṃ tatkāraṇaṃ mayā | mṛgānanā tvayā nārī samānītā vanātkila
सारस्वत म्हणाले— हे भोजराजा, तुझे कल्याण होवो। याचे कारण मला कळले आहे। खरेच तू वनातून मृगनयना अशी एक स्त्री घेऊन आला आहेस।
Sārasvata
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame listener
Scene: Sārasvata speaks with calm certainty, right hand slightly raised in blessing; Bhojarāja listens, startled yet hopeful; in the background, a veiled young woman stands at a distance, her face gentle and doe-like, suggesting a forest origin.
FAQs
A sage reads hidden causes behind events and guides rulers with auspicious, dharma-aligned counsel.
The episode belongs to Vastrāpathakṣetra’s māhātmya in the Prabhāsa region.
None here; the verse identifies the karmic/hidden cause behind the king’s situation.