Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
सपत्नीकस्य मित्राणां यच्च दुःखमुपस्थितम् । निवेद्य तत्तथा प्रोचुर्भू योऽपिविनयान्वितम्
sapatnīkasya mitrāṇāṃ yacca duḥkhamupasthitam | nivedya tattathā procurbhū yo'pivinayānvitam
เขาทั้งหลายทูลแจ้งความทุกข์ที่บังเกิดแก่สหายทั้งหลายพร้อมภรรยา แล้วเมื่อกราบทูลให้ทราบแล้ว ก็กล่าวอีกครั้งด้วยความนอบน้อมถ่อมตน
Narrator (contextual)
Scene: A group of anxious townsmen with their wives, hands folded, narrate their sorrow to a seated learned authority in a सभा-like setting; faces show humility and worry.
FAQs
Humility and truthful reporting are essential when seeking dharmic remedy for collective suffering.
The setting remains Vāstupada, approached as a place where dharmic doubts and crises are resolved.
No specific ritual is prescribed; the verse emphasizes vinaya and proper petitioning as part of dharmic process.