Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
अथ गत्वा भृगुं सोऽपि बाष्पव्याकुललोचनः । प्रोवाच गद्गदं वाक्यं प्रणिपत्य पुरःसरः
atha gatvā bhṛguṃ so'pi bāṣpavyākulalocanaḥ | provāca gadgadaṃ vākyaṃ praṇipatya puraḥsaraḥ
پھر وہ بھِرگو کے پاس گیا؛ اس کی آنکھیں آنسوؤں سے بے قرار تھیں۔ سامنے سجدہ کر کے، بھری ہوئی آواز میں کلام کیا۔
Narrator (contextual; Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Scene: The serpent-afflicted youth, eyes brimming with tears, approaches the venerable Bhṛgu in an āśrama; he bows low and begins to speak, voice trembling.
FAQs
Approaching a sage with humility and repentance is presented as the first step toward relief from karmic affliction.
The broader passage belongs to a Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the explicit site-name appears later in the sequence (toward Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra).
No direct rite is stated here; the act emphasized is praṇipāta (prostration) as dhārmic conduct before a ṛṣi.