Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68
वदन्तीनां तया सार्धमेवं तासां द्विजोत्तमाः । चत्वारः पतयः प्राप्ता एकैकस्याः पृथक्पृथक्
vadantīnāṃ tayā sārdhamevaṃ tāsāṃ dvijottamāḥ | catvāraḥ patayaḥ prāptā ekaikasyāḥ pṛthakpṛthak
அவர்கள் அவளுடன் இவ்வாறு பேசிக்கொண்டிருக்கையில், அந்த தவஸ்வினிகளின் கணவர்களான நான்கு சிறந்த த்விஜர்கள் அங்கே வந்தடைந்தனர்; ஒவ்வொருவரும் தம் தம் மனைவியரிடம் தனித்தனியாக வந்தனர்।
Narrator (contextual; Sūta as frame-narrator)
Type: kshetra
Scene: As the women speak, four dignified brāhmaṇas arrive from different directions, each approaching his own wife; the scene conveys orderly dharma and a narrative pivot.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha narratives often pivot on timely arrivals that reveal dharma through social roles—ascetics, householders, and patrons.
Not specified in this single shloka; it remains within a broader tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
None directly; it is a narrative transition marking the entry of key characters.