Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
सूत उवाच । स तेषां तद्वचः श्रुत्वा चौरः किंचिद्भयान्वितः । सत्यमेतन्न संदेहो यदेतैर्व्याहृतं वचः
sūta uvāca | sa teṣāṃ tadvacaḥ śrutvā cauraḥ kiṃcidbhayānvitaḥ | satyametanna saṃdeho yadetairvyāhṛtaṃ vacaḥ
สูตกล่าวว่า: ครั้นได้ฟังถ้อยคำของท่านทั้งหลาย โจรก็หวาดหวั่นอยู่บ้าง “นี่เป็นความจริง—ไม่ต้องสงสัยเลย วาจาที่ฤๅษีเหล่านี้กล่าวนั้นถูกต้อง”
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta narrator)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied purāṇic frame)
Scene: Sūta narrates: sages speak; the thief’s face shifts from arrogance to fear and conviction; the air feels charged with truth.
FAQs
True counsel awakens fear of adharma and becomes the first step toward repentance and reform.
This is narrative connective tissue within a tīrtha-māhātmya; no specific site is named in this verse.
None; it records the thief’s internal acceptance of the sages’ teaching.