Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 48
तदा स कण्वभूपालः स्वकं दूतं समादिशत् कण्व उवाच । गच्छ त्वं पृच्छतां तां क्वागता क्वच गमिष्यसि । प्रेषितस्त्वरितो दूतो गतो नारीसमीपतः
tadā sa kaṇvabhūpālaḥ svakaṃ dūtaṃ samādiśat kaṇva uvāca | gaccha tvaṃ pṛcchatāṃ tāṃ kvāgatā kvaca gamiṣyasi | preṣitastvarito dūto gato nārīsamīpataḥ
تب راجہ کنو نے اپنے قاصد کو حکم دیا۔ کنو نے کہا: “جاؤ، اس سے پوچھو: ‘تم کہاں سے آئی ہو اور کہاں جاؤ گی؟’” حکم پاتے ہی قاصد تیزی سے روانہ ہوا اور اس عورت کے قریب جا پہنچا۔
Narrator, with embedded speech by Kaṇva
Tirtha: Revā-saṅgama vicinity (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kaṇva’s messenger; subsequently the woman is to be questioned
Scene: King Kaṇva orders his messenger to go quickly and question the woman about her origin and destination; the messenger hastens through the landscape and reaches her.
FAQs
Dharma involves proper investigation and respectful questioning before judgment—especially when sacred mysteries are involved.
The scene continues near the saṅgama and garden-edge area in the Revā-khaṇḍa sacred landscape.
None; it advances the narrative through a royal inquiry.