Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
सर्वं कीर्तय वृत्तांतमद्यारण्यसमुद्भवम् । येन मे जायते स्वास्थ्यं श्रुत्वा मातस्तवास्यतः
sarvaṃ kīrtaya vṛttāṃtamadyāraṇyasamudbhavam | yena me jāyate svāsthyaṃ śrutvā mātastavāsyataḥ
अद्य अरण्यसमुद्भवं सर्वं वृत्तान्तं कीर्तय। मातः, तव मुखात् श्रुत्वा मे स्वास्थ्यं जायते॥
Vatsa (the son/child)
Listener: Nandinī (mother)
Scene: The son, now calm yet urgent, folds attention toward his mother and asks for the full forest incident, believing her spoken account will restore his well-being.
FAQs
Truthful narration and hearing dharmic events can steady the mind and restore inner balance.
The immediate focus is the forest incident within the chapter’s māhātmya; no named tīrtha appears in this line.
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