Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
मद्बाणगोचरं प्राप्तो न जीवत्यपि कर्हिचित् । कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य भ्रममाणो महीतले
madbāṇagocaraṃ prāpto na jīvatyapi karhicit | kasyacittvatha kālasya bhramamāṇo mahītale
كلُّ ما وقع في مدى سهامي لم يكن ينجو قطّ؛ ثم بعد مضيّ زمنٍ ما، وبينما كنتُ أهيم على وجه الأرض،
Unspecified narrator (continuing the same voice as prior verse)
Listener: dvija-sattama (addressed)
Scene: A stark tableau: the hunter’s arrow-flight and fallen prey, then a transition panel showing him wandering under a vast sky, suggesting karmic drift toward a destined meeting.
FAQs
It highlights a life rooted in violence, preparing the moral contrast for later dharmic instruction and purification through sacred rites.
Not named in this half-narrative; the chapter’s tīrtha framework becomes explicit in subsequent verses.
None directly; it continues the autobiographical setup.