Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
सूत उवाच । तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा चिरं ध्यात्वा मुनीश्वरः । ततस्तं प्रहसन्प्राह ज्ञात्वा दिव्येन चक्षुषा
sūta uvāca | tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā ciraṃ dhyātvā munīśvaraḥ | tatastaṃ prahasanprāha jñātvā divyena cakṣuṣā
सूत उवाच—तस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा मुनीश्वरश्चिरं ध्यात्वा। अथ दिव्येन चक्षुषा तत्त्वं ज्ञात्वा प्रहसन् तमुवाच।
Sūta
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied Sūta-frame)
Scene: The narrator frames a pause: the sage listens, meditates long, then smiles with knowing compassion, indicating inner vision before speaking.
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True guidance arises from patient reflection and higher discernment, not haste.
This verse functions as narrative framing within the Tīrthamāhātmya; no single tīrtha is named in this line.
None explicitly; it introduces a revelatory response by a sage.
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