Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
ततः सोऽपि महीपालः क्षुत्पिपासासमाकुलः । दृष्ट्वा तद्व्यसनं प्राप्तमात्मनः सेवकैः समम्
tataḥ so'pi mahīpālaḥ kṣutpipāsāsamākulaḥ | dṛṣṭvā tadvyasanaṃ prāptamātmanaḥ sevakaiḥ samam
پھر وہ بادشاہ بھی بھوک اور پیاس سے بے قرار ہو گیا، اور اس آفت کو دیکھ لیا جو اس کے اپنے خادموں پر بھی اسی کے ساتھ آ پڑی تھی۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Scene: A weary king in a harsh wilderness, attendants equally stricken; dust, heat-haze, and the king’s anxious gaze upon his suffering retinue.
FAQs
A ruler’s dharma includes recognizing shared suffering and responding with responsibility; in Purāṇic structure, this realization often precedes turning toward a sacred remedy—tīrtha, worship, or penance.
Not specified in this verse; it sets the emotional and ethical ground for the tīrtha’s forthcoming glory in the chapter.
None.