Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
अथ ताः प्रोचुरन्योन्यं तापस्यस्तत्पुरः स्थिताः । तस्यभूपस्य संतोषं जनयंत्यो द्विजोत्तमाः
atha tāḥ procuranyonyaṃ tāpasyastatpuraḥ sthitāḥ | tasyabhūpasya saṃtoṣaṃ janayaṃtyo dvijottamāḥ
แล้วบรรดาสตรีผู้บำเพ็ญตบะนั้น ยืนอยู่ต่อหน้าพระองค์โดยตรง ก็สนทนากันเอง; นางเหล่านั้นผู้ประเสริฐดุจทวิชะในคุณธรรม ได้ก่อให้เกิดความปลื้มปีติพอใจในพระทัยของพระราชา
Narrator (contextual, before explicit 'Sūta uvāca')
Type: kshetra
Scene: Ascetic women stand near the king in a temple courtyard or hermitage edge, speaking softly among themselves; the king listens with a serene, satisfied expression; attendants remain respectful and still.
FAQs
Holy persons, through disciplined tapas and truthful speech, can awaken dharmic contentment in rulers and society.
The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya frame; this line itself does not name a distinct tīrtha, but supports the wider pilgrimage narrative.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it introduces an auspicious speech by ascetic women in a mahātmya setting.