Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
अत्यंतं मृगयाश्रांतो हत्वा मृगगणान्बहून् । ऋक्षांश्चैव वराहांश्च सारंगानथ संबरान्
atyaṃtaṃ mṛgayāśrāṃto hatvā mṛgagaṇānbahūn | ṛkṣāṃścaiva varāhāṃśca sāraṃgānatha saṃbarān
وكان الملك قد أضناه الصيد غاية الإعياء، بعد أن قتل قطعانًا كثيرة من الأيائل، وكذلك الدببة والخنازير البرّية وظباء السّارانغا وأيائل الشَّمْبَرا.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context)
Scene: A king, sweat-soaked and dust-covered, carries bow and arrows; attendants drag or carry slain animals—deer, boar, bear—through a harsh midday forest, foreshadowing a turn toward the serene tīrtha.
FAQs
Worldly pursuits exhaust the body and mind, preparing the seeker to value the cooling refuge of sacred waters and dharmic counsel.
The tīrtha is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting; this verse describes the king’s condition just before the sacred encounter.
None explicitly; the verse narrates the king’s hunting fatigue, which leads into bathing and tīrtha-related action later.