Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य लिखितस्याऽश्रमं ययौ । शंखः स्वादुफलार्थाय पीडितोतिबुभुक्षया
kasyacittvatha kālasya likhitasyā'śramaṃ yayau | śaṃkhaḥ svāduphalārthāya pīḍitotibubhukṣayā
এসময়ত শঙ্খ তীব্ৰ ক্ষুধাত পীড়িত হৈ মিঠা ফলৰ সন্ধানত লিখিতৰ আশ্ৰমলৈ গ’ল।
Brahmin sages
Tirtha: Śaṅkhatīrtha (incipient origin episode)
Type: tirtha
Listener: Rājā
Scene: Śaṅkha, lean from austerity, walks toward an ashram with fruit trees; his face shows strain from hunger; the hermitage appears as a place of refuge and impending instruction.
FAQs
Even under strong bodily pressure (hunger), dharma concerning others’ property and āśrama-boundaries becomes a crucial test.
Śaṅkhatīrtha indirectly—this is a narrative step leading to the tīrtha’s eventual fame and function.
None; it introduces the circumstance that will unfold into the tīrtha’s origin account.
Read Skanda Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with audio, word-by-word meanings, and more.