Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 14
किमिदं पश्य गत्वा त्वं दृष्ट्वा मह्यं निवेदय । तत्तस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा गतो वै नलकूबरः
kimidaṃ paśya gatvā tvaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahyaṃ nivedaya | tattasya vacanaṃ śrutvā gato vai nalakūbaraḥ
“ତୁମେ ଯାଇ ଦେଖ, ଏହା କ’ଣ; ଦେଖି ମୋତେ ନିବେଦନ କର।” ତାଙ୍କ ବଚନ ଶୁଣି ନଲକୂବର ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ଗଲା।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: Indra issues a crisp command to Nalakūbara—go, observe, and report; Nalakūbara bows and departs swiftly toward the forest.
FAQs
Dharma acts with discernment—first knowing the situation clearly, then responding rightly.
Dharmāraṇya, the locale whose disturbance prompts investigation by the devas.
None; it is an instruction-and-mission verse.
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