Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 75
त्वया जंबूक चेद्दृष्टा बिंबाफलनिभाधरा । दयिता मम तद्ब्रूहि श्रेयस्ते भविता महत्
tvayā jaṃbūka ceddṛṣṭā biṃbāphalanibhādharā | dayitā mama tadbrūhi śreyaste bhavitā mahat
اے گیدڑ! اگر تُو نے میری محبوبہ کو دیکھا ہو—جس کے ہونٹ بِمبا پھل جیسے ہیں—تو مجھے بتا؛ تیرے لیے بڑی بھلائی ہوگی۔
A lovelorn husband/lover (narrative voice within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: In a shadowed forest edge, a jackal pauses and looks back; the seeker bends slightly forward, speaking urgently yet respectfully, describing the beloved’s bimba-like lips and promising ‘great śreyas’ for help.
FAQs
Speech used for truth and help (revealing what one knows) is praised as a source of śreyas—auspicious benefit.
The tīrtha is part of the broader Tīrthamāhātmya setting, but this verse itself does not name a specific site.
No explicit ritual is taught; the verse emphasizes the merit of helpful truthful speech.