Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
वारितः कुम्भकर्णेन सीतां मोचय मोचय । विभीषणेन वै पापो मन्दोदर्या पुनःपुनः
vāritaḥ kumbhakarṇena sītāṃ mocaya mocaya | vibhīṣaṇena vai pāpo mandodaryā punaḥpunaḥ
اس گنہگار کو بار بار روکا گیا—کمبھ کرن نے، وبھیشن نے، اور پھر پھر مندو دری نے—(کہتے ہوئے) “سیتا کو چھوڑ دے، چھوڑ دے!”
Narrator (speaker not explicit in this verse)
Listener: Somavaṃśa-vibhūṣaṇa (lunar-dynasty prince/hero)
Scene: Inside Laṅkā’s palace: Vibhīṣaṇa and Mandodarī plead with Rāvaṇa—‘Release Sītā!’—while Kumbhakarṇa restrains him; Rāvaṇa’s stubbornness contrasts with their earnest, compassionate faces.
FAQs
Dharma often speaks through well-wishers; ignoring repeated righteous counsel hardens sin and accelerates downfall.
No holy site is named; the verse is a moral-epic episode within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s broader frame.
None; it is ethical exhortation rather than ritual instruction.