Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 82
व्याधस्यैव महाकूटे पतन्ति च यथा मृगाः । कालस्पृष्टस्तथा कृष्णे पतितश्च नराधिप
vyādhasyaiva mahākūṭe patanti ca yathā mṛgāḥ | kālaspṛṣṭastathā kṛṣṇe patitaśca narādhipa
O Herr der Menschen, wie Hirsche in die große Schlinge des Jägers fallen, so fiel auch er—vom Geschick berührt—in Kṛṣṇas Plan.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: narādhipa (explicitly addressed)
Scene: A didactic tableau: the Dānava is compared to deer falling into a hunter’s great trap; visually, the forest becomes a metaphorical snare, while an unseen Kṛṣṇa’s design is implied as the true net of fate.
FAQs
The verse warns how beings, driven by kāla and desire, can be trapped like prey; it encourages prudence and dharmic restraint.
Revā-kṣetra (Narmadā region) as the narrative stage for dharma-teaching through vivid analogies.
No ritual instruction is given here.