Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
अथ सख्यः समागत्य तस्या दुःखेन दुःखिताः । शशंसुस्ता यथावृत्तं रुदन्त्यो मम सूतज
atha sakhyaḥ samāgatya tasyā duḥkhena duḥkhitāḥ | śaśaṃsustā yathāvṛttaṃ rudantyo mama sūtaja
پھر سہیلیاں جمع ہوئیں، اس کے غم سے غمگین ہو کر، روتی ہوئی—اے سوت کے بیٹے—مجھے سارا واقعہ جوں کا توں سنا گئیں۔
Sūta (framed narration; direct address ‘mama sūtaja’ indicates a listener within the story)
Listener: “sūtaja”
Scene: A group of women companions, eyes swollen with tears, rush to the husband and narrate the incident; their gestures show urgency and sorrow; background hints of the forest path.
FAQs
Sorrow is communal and prompts dharmic response—seeking proper rites, counsel, and sacred means for relief.
Not specified in this verse; the tīrtha context is broader than the single line.
None directly; it introduces the report that leads to subsequent actions.