Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
रोरूयमाणमालोक्य ततस्ते नागरा द्विजाः । दयां च महतीं कृत्वा ततः प्रोचुः परस्परम्
rorūyamāṇamālokya tataste nāgarā dvijāḥ | dayāṃ ca mahatīṃ kṛtvā tataḥ procuḥ parasparam
اسے بلند آواز سے روتا دیکھ کر وہ ناگر برہمن دوِج بڑے رحم سے بھر گئے، پھر آپس میں کہنے لگے۔
Sūta (narration continues)
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: A group of Nāgara brāhmaṇas observe Puṣpa’s loud weeping; their faces soften, and they gather in a small circle to deliberate a remedy.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma emphasizes compassionate guidance: the learned aid the remorseful by directing them toward valid means of purification.
The tīrtha setting is implicit; the verse highlights the dharmic community within the sacred locale of Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Not yet; the brāhmaṇas are about to consult śāstra and purāṇa for an authoritative prescription.