Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
सूत उवाच । एवं स पार्थिवः प्रोच्य तामादाय ततः प्रियाम् । जगाम स्वगृहं पश्चात्प्रहृष्टेनांतरात्मना
sūta uvāca | evaṃ sa pārthivaḥ procya tāmādāya tataḥ priyām | jagāma svagṛhaṃ paścātprahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā
พระสูตกล่าวว่า: เมื่อตรัสเช่นนั้นแล้ว พระราชาจึงพานางผู้เป็นที่รักกลับไปยังพระราชวังของตนด้วยจิตใจที่เปี่ยมด้วยความปิติยินดี
Sūta
Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya frame implied)
Scene: Sūta narrates as the king, having spoken, takes his beloved and returns to his palace; the king’s face shows relief and inner gladness, while the beloved’s expression can be subtly unreadable, foreshadowing later events.
FAQs
Outward resolution can mask unresolved inner fault-lines; Purāṇic stories often show how hidden adharma ripens into consequence.
The narrative remains within the chapter’s sacred kṣetra and tīrtha context, though this verse focuses on the return home.
None in this verse.