Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
निवेदयन्तो वृत्तांतं चत्वरेषु त्रिकेषु च । यथा वै व्याघ्रतां प्राप्तः स राजाऽर्बुदपर्वते
nivedayanto vṛttāṃtaṃ catvareṣu trikeṣu ca | yathā vai vyāghratāṃ prāptaḥ sa rājā'rbudaparvate
তারা চত্বর ও ত্রিমুখী চৌমাথায় সর্ববৃত্তান্ত ঘোষণা করে বলল—অর্বুদ পর্বতে সেই রাজা সত্যই ব্যাঘ্রত্ব লাভ করেছে।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Arbuda-parvata
Type: peak
Scene: Messengers or townsfolk announce at a city square and at crossroads the astonishing news: a king on Arbuda Mountain has become a tiger; the mountain looms in the background, with anxious listeners gathered.
FAQs
Public memory preserves dharma: society retells karmic examples so future rulers and people avoid adharma.
Arbuda-parvata (Mount Abu) is explicitly named, framed as a sacred mountain where divine moral order becomes manifest.
None; the verse emphasizes proclamation and remembrance rather than a specific vrata or tīrtha-rite.