Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40
मत्कृते हि द्विजश्रेष्ठ यातु ते मनसो ज्वरः । मार्कण्डेयवचः श्रुत्वा मृकण्डो मुनिसत्तमः । जगाम परमं हर्षं क्षणमेकं सुदुःसहम्
matkṛte hi dvijaśreṣṭha yātu te manaso jvaraḥ | mārkaṇḍeyavacaḥ śrutvā mṛkaṇḍo munisattamaḥ | jagāma paramaṃ harṣaṃ kṣaṇamekaṃ suduḥsaham
“Vì con, hỡi bậc nhị sinh tối thượng, xin cơn sốt trong tâm trí cha hãy lắng tan.” Nghe lời Mārkaṇḍeya, Mṛkaṇḍu—bậc hiền triết hàng đầu—tràn ngập niềm hoan hỷ tối thượng, mãnh liệt đến nỗi khó chịu đựng dù chỉ trong khoảnh khắc.
Mārkaṇḍeya (first sentence), then narrator
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mṛkaṇḍu (within the scene)
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya speaks gently to Mṛkaṇḍu; the father’s face shifts from anxious strain to overwhelming joy, tears welling as he steadies himself.
FAQs
Dharma brings inner relief: truthful sacred news dispels anxiety, and gratitude blossoms into transformative joy.
Indirectly within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narrative context rather than by explicit naming in this verse.
None; it focuses on consolation, faith, and the emotional fruit of divine assurance.