Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
मया दृष्टा मुनिश्रेष्ठ तां त्वं भावय मा चिरम् । अथासौ त्वरया युक्तः संभ्रांतस्तु प्रधावितः
mayā dṛṣṭā muniśreṣṭha tāṃ tvaṃ bhāvaya mā ciram | athāsau tvarayā yuktaḥ saṃbhrāṃtastu pradhāvitaḥ
‘میں نے اسے دیکھا ہے، اے بہترین مُنی—ذرا بھی دیر نہ کرو، فوراً اس کی خبر لو۔’ پھر وہ گھبراہٹ اور عجلت میں تیزی سے دوڑ پڑا۔
A tāpasa (first half, exhortation); narrative voice (second half, describing Yājñavalkya’s action)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The messenger urges immediate attention; Yājñavalkya, startled and determined, breaks into a run through the forested hermitage paths, robes and matted hair in motion.
FAQs
Dharma includes prompt action—delay in protecting or restoring a righteous person is itself a moral failure.
No site is named; the verse advances the story within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting.
None; it is an instruction to render immediate assistance.