Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31
सूत उवाच । एवं बहुविधान्कृत्वा प्रलापान्रघुनन्दनः । मातृभिः सहितो दीनः शोकेन महतान्वितः
sūta uvāca | evaṃ bahuvidhānkṛtvā pralāpānraghunandanaḥ | mātṛbhiḥ sahito dīnaḥ śokena mahatānvitaḥ
சூதர் கூறினார்—இவ்வாறு பலவகை புலம்பல்களை உரைத்த ரகுநந்தனன், தாய்மாருடன் கூடி துயருற்றவனாய், பெருஞ்சோகத்தில் மூழ்கி இருந்தான்।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: (contextual) sages
Scene: A narrator (Sūta) describes Raghunandana seated among the mothers, drained and sorrowful; the scene is quieter—after many cries—heavy with grief.
FAQs
Purāṇic narration acknowledges human grief while preparing the listener for dharmic counsel and proper rites.
Not stated in this verse; it is a narrative transition within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
None yet; the verse sets the scene for ensuing counsel and funerary duties.
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