Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
तं दीनवदनं दृष्ट्वा निःष्वसंतं मुहुर्मुहुः । भूयः प्रोवाच सौमित्रिर्विनयावनतः स्थितः
taṃ dīnavadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā niḥṣvasaṃtaṃ muhurmuhuḥ | bhūyaḥ provāca saumitrirvinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ
அவனின் துயர்முகத்தையும் மீண்டும் மீண்டும் நிசுவாசம் விடுதலையும் கண்டு, பணிவுடன் தலைவணங்கி நின்ற சௌமித்ரி (லக்ஷ்மணன்) மீண்டும் உரைத்தான்.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration); verse reports Lakṣmaṇa speaking
Scene: Lakṣmaṇa (Saumitrī) stands slightly bowed, hands folded or held respectfully, addressing a sorrowful lord whose face is downcast and breath heavy; the posture contrast highlights vinaya versus anguish.
FAQs
Humility and respectful speech are upheld as dhārmic virtues even amid fear and sorrow.
This verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single śloka.
No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this verse.