Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 121
बहवस्तेन मार्गेण येनासौ प्रस्थितो नृप । सम्मुखः प्रववौ वातो रूक्षः कर्करसंयुतः
bahavastena mārgeṇa yenāsau prasthito nṛpa | sammukhaḥ pravavau vāto rūkṣaḥ karkarasaṃyutaḥ
أيها الملك، ظهرت على الطريق الذي خرج فيه نُذُرٌ كثيرة. وهبّت ريحٌ قاسيةٌ يابسةٌ خشنة، محمّلةٌ بالحصى والغبار، تهبّ في وجهه مباشرةً.
Narrator addressing 'nṛpa' (king)
Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (नृप)
Scene: A head-on wind blasts the chariot; dust and grit whip across faces; horses strain; banners flap backward; the king presses forward despite resistance.
FAQs
Obstacles and adverse signs indicate a wrong course; dharma is shown as having warnings before calamity.
No named tīrtha appears; it continues the Arbuda-khaṇḍa setting of the episode.
None in this verse.