Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40
मत्कृते हि द्विजश्रेष्ठ यातु ते मनसो ज्वरः । मार्कण्डेयवचः श्रुत्वा मृकण्डो मुनिसत्तमः । जगाम परमं हर्षं क्षणमेकं सुदुःसहम्
matkṛte hi dvijaśreṣṭha yātu te manaso jvaraḥ | mārkaṇḍeyavacaḥ śrutvā mṛkaṇḍo munisattamaḥ | jagāma paramaṃ harṣaṃ kṣaṇamekaṃ suduḥsaham
“Demi aku, wahai yang terbaik di antara kaum dwija, biarlah demam dalam hatimu lenyap.” Mendengar kata-kata Mārkaṇḍeya, Mṛkaṇḍu—resi yang terunggul—diliputi sukacita tertinggi, begitu meluap hingga sukar ditanggung walau sesaat.
Mārkaṇḍeya (first sentence), then narrator
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mṛkaṇḍu (within the scene)
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya speaks gently to Mṛkaṇḍu; the father’s face shifts from anxious strain to overwhelming joy, tears welling as he steadies himself.
FAQs
Dharma brings inner relief: truthful sacred news dispels anxiety, and gratitude blossoms into transformative joy.
Indirectly within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narrative context rather than by explicit naming in this verse.
None; it focuses on consolation, faith, and the emotional fruit of divine assurance.