Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 81
श्रुत्वा स पार्थिवस्तूर्णं वृत्तांतं शापजं तदा । प्रसादनाय विप्राणां दुःखितः स वनं ययौ
śrutvā sa pārthivastūrṇaṃ vṛttāṃtaṃ śāpajaṃ tadā | prasādanāya viprāṇāṃ duḥkhitaḥ sa vanaṃ yayau
ครั้นพระราชาทรงสดับเรื่องราวอันเกิดจากคำสาปนั้นโดยฉับพลัน ก็ทรงเศร้าโศก แล้วเสด็จสู่พงไพรเพื่อแสวงหาการโปรดปรานจากพราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย
Narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya (exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Listener: Śaunaka and sages / contextual audience
Scene: A grief-stricken king departs the palace, leaving behind royal insignia, entering a dense forest with folded hands, accompanied by minimal attendants, intent on seeking sages’ forgiveness.
FAQs
A ruler upholds dharma by seeking reconciliation and propitiation when a curse-born calamity strikes.
No site is named in this verse; it sets up the journey that later connects to Kurukṣetra.
Prasādana (appeasement/propitiation) of Brāhmaṇas is indicated as the corrective dharmic response.