Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
तानपि प्राह नत्वा स तमेवार्थं नराधिपः । वसिष्ठवचनं कृत्स्नं तस्य तैरपि शंसितम्
tānapi prāha natvā sa tamevārthaṃ narādhipaḥ | vasiṣṭhavacanaṃ kṛtsnaṃ tasya tairapi śaṃsitam
اور اُنہیں بھی جھک کر پرنام کر کے، اُس نرادھِپ نے اسی معاملے پر اُن سے گفتگو کی؛ اور وِشِشٹھ کی پوری تعلیم کو اُنہوں نے بھی تصدیق و تائید کے ساتھ بیان کیا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: The king bows to a large group of sages; they respond with calm assent, some raising a hand in blessing, others holding rosaries; the atmosphere is deliberative and scholastic.
FAQs
Dharma begins with humility and reverence—especially toward the guru and those who uphold the guru’s teaching.
This verse is within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting, but no specific tīrtha-name appears in this shloka alone.
None directly; the verse frames a dialogue grounded in dharmic instruction.