Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 65
ततो ममापि मनसि शोकवेगो महानभूत् । सत्यां चैव तथा मेने गाथां पूर्वबुधेरिताम्
tato mamāpi manasi śokavego mahānabhūt | satyāṃ caiva tathā mene gāthāṃ pūrvabudheritām
ତେବେ ମୋ ମନରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ମହାଶୋକର ତୀବ୍ର ବେଗ ଉଦ୍ଭବିଲା; ପୂର୍ବ ଜ୍ଞାନୀମାନେ କହିଥିବା ପ୍ରାଚୀନ ଗାଥା ସତ୍ୟ ବୋଲି ମୁଁ ବୁଝିଲି।
First-person narrator (unnamed) within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame; likely Sūta-style narration but internally a character recounting events
Scene: A sage pauses mid-speech, eyes lowered, hand to chest, as a wave of sorrow rises; behind him faint imagery of ‘ancient sages’ as remembered authority.
FAQs
Inner remorse becomes the gateway to dharmic insight; the tradition’s old teachings illuminate present mistakes.
No tīrtha is named; the focus is on moral realization within the ongoing sacred narrative.
None explicitly; it introduces a remembered gāthā (ethical maxim) as guidance.