Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं रौद्रं माता तस्या मृगावती । अश्रुपूर्णेक्षणा दीना वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह
tacchrutvā vacanaṃ raudraṃ mātā tasyā mṛgāvatī | aśrupūrṇekṣaṇā dīnā vākyametaduvāca ha
ครั้นได้ยินถ้อยคำอันกร้าวนั้น มารดาของนางคือมฤคาวตี—ดวงตาเอ่อด้วยน้ำตา เศร้าสร้อย—จึงกล่าวถ้อยคำนี้
Narrator (storyteller voice within the Purāṇic narration)
Scene: Mṛgāvatī, the mother, hears Ratnāvatī’s fierce resolve; her eyes brim with tears, body droops with distress as she begins to reply.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives often frame dharma through human emotions—compassion, fear, and concern—before presenting counsel.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative transition within the Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.
None; it introduces the mother’s response to the proposed austerity.