Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
मंत्रिण ऊचुः । मा शोकं कुरु राजेन्द्र यथान्यः प्राकृतः स्थितः । कुरुष्व च यथेदं स्यात्सांप्रतं चौर्ध्वदैहिकम्
maṃtriṇa ūcuḥ | mā śokaṃ kuru rājendra yathānyaḥ prākṛtaḥ sthitaḥ | kuruṣva ca yathedaṃ syātsāṃprataṃ caurdhvadaihikam
ମନ୍ତ୍ରୀମାନେ କହିଲେ—“ହେ ରାଜେନ୍ଦ୍ର! ସାଧାରଣ ଲୋକ ପରି ଶୋକ କରନି। ଏବେ ଏମିତି କର, ଯେପରି ବିଧିପୂର୍ବକ ଊର୍ଧ୍ୱଦୈହିକ (ଅନ୍ତ୍ୟେଷ୍ଟି-ପର) କର୍ମ ସମ୍ପନ୍ନ ହେବ।”
The Ministers (Maṃtriṇaḥ)
Scene: Ministers, calm and authoritative, speak to the king: one gestures toward ritual preparations—fire, vessels, cloth—signaling the shift from grief to rites.
FAQs
Dharma requires composure and timely performance of duties; grief should be transformed into righteous rites for the departed.
Not specified in this verse.
Perform the ūrdhvadaihika—post-death/funerary rites—without delay and according to proper procedure.