Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
तं दीनवदनं दृष्ट्वा निःष्वसंतं मुहुर्मुहुः । भूयः प्रोवाच सौमित्रिर्विनयावनतः स्थितः
taṃ dīnavadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā niḥṣvasaṃtaṃ muhurmuhuḥ | bhūyaḥ provāca saumitrirvinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ
اس کے غمگین چہرے کو دیکھ کر، جو بار بار آہیں بھر رہا تھا، سَومِتری (لکشمن) ادب سے جھک کر کھڑا ہوا اور پھر بولا۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration); verse reports Lakṣmaṇa speaking
Scene: Lakṣmaṇa (Saumitrī) stands slightly bowed, hands folded or held respectfully, addressing a sorrowful lord whose face is downcast and breath heavy; the posture contrast highlights vinaya versus anguish.
FAQs
Humility and respectful speech are upheld as dhārmic virtues even amid fear and sorrow.
This verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single śloka.
No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this verse.