Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 71
ततोऽहं वचनं श्रुत्वा स्तनं पातुं समुद्यतः । न च तृप्तिं विजानामि पिबतः स्तनमुत्तमम्
tato'haṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā stanaṃ pātuṃ samudyataḥ | na ca tṛptiṃ vijānāmi pibataḥ stanamuttamam
Da hörte ich ihre Worte und machte mich daran, an der Brust zu trinken. Doch obwohl ich jene vortreffliche Milch trank, kannte ich keine Sättigung.
First-person narrator (likely the addressed vipra/brāhmaṇa recounting the event)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame listener (Bhārata implied in surrounding verses)
Scene: The brāhmaṇa begins to drink; despite ‘excellent’ milk, his face shows puzzlement and lack of satisfaction, suggesting an uncanny, otherworldly prolongation.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives often show how extraordinary events can mask deeper karmic or illusory forces, urging discernment alongside compassion.
No tīrtha is explicitly glorified in this line; it is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative flow.
None; it is a narrative report of an action and its uncanny effect.