Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
अथानर्त्तो गृहं प्राप्य मृगावत्याः समाकुलः । तद्वृत्तं कथयामास यदुक्तं तेन भूभुजा । स्वभार्यायाः सुतायाश्च मन्त्रिणां दुःखसंयुतः
athānartto gṛhaṃ prāpya mṛgāvatyāḥ samākulaḥ | tadvṛttaṃ kathayāmāsa yaduktaṃ tena bhūbhujā | svabhāryāyāḥ sutāyāśca mantriṇāṃ duḥkhasaṃyutaḥ
ครั้นแล้ว อานรตกลับถึงเรือน ก็ร้อนรนด้วยเรื่องมฤคาวตี ด้วยความโศกเศร้าเขาจึงเล่าเหตุการณ์ทั้งหมดแก่ภรรยา ธิดา และเสนาบดีทั้งหลาย—คือถ้อยคำที่กษัตริย์ผู้นั้นได้กล่าวไว้
Sūta (narrator, implied)
Scene: A palace interior at dusk: Ānarta king returns troubled, recounting events to his queen, daughter Mṛgāvatī, and ministers; faces show restrained grief and concern.
FAQs
It shows dharma being weighed in community—family and ministers—highlighting counsel (mantra) and responsibility in crisis.
No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it continues the chapter’s tīrtha-linked storyline.
None; it is narrative reporting of events and counsel.