Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
भर्तृयज्ञं सुखासीनं निजाश्रमपदे नृपः । आनर्ताधिपतिर्गत्वा प्रणिपत्य ततोऽब्रवीत्
bhartṛyajñaṃ sukhāsīnaṃ nijāśramapade nṛpaḥ | ānartādhipatirgatvā praṇipatya tato'bravīt
بادشاہ، یعنی آنرت کا حاکم، بھرتریَجْیَ کے پاس گیا جب وہ اپنے آشرم میں آرام سے بیٹھا تھا؛ سجدۂ تعظیم کر کے پھر اس نے کہا۔
Mārkaṇḍeya (narrating the prior episode)
Listener: General audience; internal addressee is the narrative audience following the king’s approach
Scene: A king arrives at a forest hermitage; the sage sits comfortably in his own āśrama-seat; the king bows low in reverence before speaking.
FAQs
Reverence and humility before a sage is the proper doorway to receiving dharma-instruction.
No tīrtha is specified; the setting is the sage’s āśrama.
None directly; it narrates the approach that precedes instruction on śrāddha.
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