Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
।सूत उवाच । सा पुरा ब्राह्मणी बाल्ये वर्तमाना पितुर्गृहे । वैधव्येन समायुक्ता जाता कर्मविपाकतः
|sūta uvāca | sā purā brāhmaṇī bālye vartamānā piturgṛhe | vaidhavyena samāyuktā jātā karmavipākataḥ
สูตะกล่าวว่า: กาลก่อนมีสตรีพราหมณ์คนหนึ่ง ขณะยังเยาว์วัยอยู่ในเรือนบิดา ด้วยผลสุกงอมแห่งกรรม นางจึงกลายเป็นหม้าย
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: Sūta narrates: a young brāhmaṇī in her father’s home, simple garments, downcast eyes; the household setting contrasts with the later pilgrimage path. A subtle aura of fate (karma) is suggested by a shadowy wheel motif behind her.
FAQs
The Purāṇa frames life events through karmavipāka, preparing the listener for how devotion and tīrtha-sevā can transform suffering into spiritual progress.
The narrative is part of a Kedāra-oriented tīrtha account in this chapter (explicitly named in later verses).
None in this verse; it sets the biographical premise for a later devotional/pilgrimage practice.