Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 61
लज्जानम्रशिराःसोऽथ वृत्तांतं विनिवेद्य च । निनाय तामरण्यानीं शबरस्तं धनंजयम्
lajjānamraśirāḥso'tha vṛttāṃtaṃ vinivedya ca | nināya tāmaraṇyānīṃ śabarastaṃ dhanaṃjayam
ثمّ، مطأطئ الرأس خجلاً، رفع الخبر وبيّن الواقعة، وساق دهننْجيا إلى فلاة الغابة؛ وكان الشَّبَرا (الصيّاد/ابن القبيلة) هو الذي اصطحبه وقاده.
Narrative voice (Skanda relating to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (peripheral forest episode)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A Śabara, head bowed in shame, narrates the incident and leads Dhanaṃjaya into the deep forest; the path suggests impending recovery of the bone-casket.
FAQs
Shame can prompt confession; narratively, actions lead one into difficult paths until dharma is restored.
None in this verse; it is a transitional narrative segment within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa.
None.