Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 72
अभिवाद्य च तं पार्थ स्थिताः स्मो व्यथिताननाः । स नोऽपृच्छद्दृःखमूलमुक्तवत्यो वयं च तम्
abhivādya ca taṃ pārtha sthitāḥ smo vyathitānanāḥ | sa no'pṛcchaddṛḥkhamūlamuktavatyo vayaṃ ca tam
ہم نے اسے سجدۂ تعظیم کیا، اے پارتھ، اور رنجیدہ چہروں کے ساتھ وہیں کھڑی رہیں۔ اس نے ہمارے غم کی جڑ پوچھی، اور ہم نے اسے سب کچھ بتا دیا۔
Nārī (addressing Pārtha; narrative frame)
Listener: Pārtha (addressed)
Scene: The group stands with anguished faces, hands folded; Nārada, calm and compassionate, leans slightly forward in inquiry, embodying diagnostic wisdom.
FAQs
True guidance begins with honest disclosure of one’s pain; sages inquire into the duḥkha-mūla before offering remedy.
Not yet; the inquiry prepares for the revelation of specific sacred places.
Abhivādana (salutation) is shown as proper conduct when approaching a sage.