Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
गज उवाच । वंशस्तंबेऽत्र संकीर्णे संप्रविष्टो हुताशनः । सांप्रतं तेन निर्दग्धः कृच्छ्रादत्राहमागतः
gaja uvāca | vaṃśastaṃbe'tra saṃkīrṇe saṃpraviṣṭo hutāśanaḥ | sāṃprataṃ tena nirdagdhaḥ kṛcchrādatrāhamāgataḥ
গজ বলল— “এখানে বাঁশের ঘন ঝোপে হুতাশন (অগ্নি) প্রবেশ করেছে। এইমাত্র তার দাহে দগ্ধ হয়ে আমি কষ্টে কষ্টে এখানে এসেছি।”
Gaja (elephant)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The elephant, singed and exhausted, speaks to the devas, gesturing with trunk toward a tightly packed bamboo grove where flames have recently surged.
FAQs
Truthful speech in a crisis becomes service to the world; the Purāṇic ideal values accurate witness and helpful guidance.
The verse describes a forest locale within the chapter’s narrative; a named tīrtha is not specified here.
None is stated in this verse.
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