Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 160
वाक्येन तेन तस्यासौ नृपस्य भगवानृषिः । कृत्वा मनसि कारुण्यमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्
vākyena tena tasyāsau nṛpasya bhagavānṛṣiḥ | kṛtvā manasi kāruṇyamidaṃ vacanamabravīt
तस्य नृपस्य तद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा भगवानृषिः। मनसि कारुण्यं कृत्वा इदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥
Narrator (introducing the sage’s speech; likely Agastya as the responding ṛṣi in this episode)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Agastya, having heard the serpent-king’s plea, softens; the moment of inner compassion is shown before he speaks the liberating instruction/boon.
FAQs
Even after a fall, sincere repentance can awaken compassion in the wise, leading toward guidance and redemption.
The frame is the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, embedding moral history within Prabhāsa’s sacred renown.
None; the verse introduces compassionate instruction rather than a specific rite.
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