Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 51
अपि जन्मसहस्रेण तवानृण्यं महौजसः । कर्तुं नाहं समर्थोस्मि सहैभिर्दारबांधवैः
api janmasahasreṇa tavānṛṇyaṃ mahaujasaḥ | kartuṃ nāhaṃ samarthosmi sahaibhirdārabāṃdhavaiḥ
अपि जन्मसहस्रेण, महौजसः, त्वत्कृतस्य ऋणस्य निःशेषं प्रतिदातुं नाहं समर्थोऽस्मि, दारबान्धवैः सहापि।
Unspecified (context suggests the king/father speaking in gratitude)
Listener: (frame) Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implicit)
Scene: A humbled elder/king speaks with folded hands, eyes moist, confessing that even across a thousand births he cannot repay the mighty protector; family stands behind in solemn agreement.
FAQs
Acknowledging benefaction with humility is dharmic; gratitude (kṛtajñatā) is portrayed as a noble virtue.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it focuses on ethical duty and gratitude.
None explicitly; the emphasis is on moral obligation rather than ritual.