Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46
तस्यांतिकमहं प्राप्तः क्षुधया परिपीडितः । प्रसह्य भक्षयाम्येनमिति मत्वा त्वरान्वितः
tasyāṃtikamahaṃ prāptaḥ kṣudhayā paripīḍitaḥ | prasahya bhakṣayāmyenamiti matvā tvarānvitaḥ
Von Hunger gequält, eilte ich dicht zu ihm heran; und von dem Gedanken ergriffen: „Ich werde ihn überwältigen und verschlingen“, stürmte ich hastig vor.
Preta (departed spirit), narrating his impulse (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni (sage)
Scene: A tense close-up: the hungry figure lunges toward the mendicant, hands outstretched; the mendicant remains composed, lips about to speak; background shows a Kāśī ghat wall and a glimpse of Gaṅgā.
FAQs
Unchecked hunger and craving can drive one to grave sin, setting the stage for either deeper bondage or a turning point through divine intervention.
The larger glorified field is Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; this verse focuses on a moral crisis rather than a named tīrtha.
None; the verse narrates an inner impulse and action.