Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37
फलानि च विचित्राणि चखाद सह किंकरैः । सुप्तः पादपच्छायायां श्रान्तो मृगवधेन च
phalāni ca vicitrāṇi cakhāda saha kiṃkaraiḥ | suptaḥ pādapacchāyāyāṃ śrānto mṛgavadhena ca
Er aß mancherlei Früchte zusammen mit seinen Dienern; dann, vom Hirschjagen ermattet, schlief er im Schatten eines Baumes ein.
Unknown (narrative voice)
Tirtha: Revā-tīra-vana (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: After worship and bathing, Kaṇva and attendants eat assorted forest fruits; later Kaṇva sleeps beneath a broad-canopied tree, weapons set aside, the forest quieting around him.
FAQs
The verse sets a moral-narrative contrast: worldly exertion (hunting) leads to fatigue, preparing the scene for a turning toward sacred encounter and purification.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative preparation within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s saṅgama/tīrtha setting.
None explicitly; the verse describes actions (eating, resting) that precede the upcoming tīrtha-related events.