Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39
सुनामोवाच । स्नात्वा गच्छतु विप्रोऽसौ वासुदेवसमन्वितः । राजन्वृथा विग्रहेण किं कार्यं कथयस्व नः
sunāmovāca | snātvā gacchatu vipro'sau vāsudevasamanvitaḥ | rājanvṛthā vigraheṇa kiṃ kāryaṃ kathayasva naḥ
Sunāma disse: “Deixa que esse brāhmaṇa se banhe e siga seu caminho, acompanhado por Vāsudeva. Ó rei, que proveito há numa contenda inútil? Dize-nos.”
Sunāma
Tirtha: Gomatī-saṅgama (Dvārakā)
Type: sangam
Listener: Rājan (king)
Scene: Sunāma, a counselor-figure, addresses the king: allow the brāhmaṇa to bathe and depart with Vāsudeva; the scene shows a calm hand gesture halting warriors.
FAQs
Wise counsel urges restraint: do not create needless conflict, especially when a brāhmaṇa’s tīrtha-rite is protected by Vāsudeva.
The implied setting is the Gomati-saṅgama tīrtha within the Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative.
Snāna (bathing) for the brāhmaṇa, and allowing the rite to proceed unhindered.