Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
मंदुरायां स्थितं यच्च काष्ठमेतत्प्रदृश्यते । याज्ञवल्क्यस्ततो दृष्ट्वा सकोपस्तमुपाद्रवत्
maṃdurāyāṃ sthitaṃ yacca kāṣṭhametatpradṛśyate | yājñavalkyastato dṛṣṭvā sakopastamupādravat
«Und dieses Stück Holz, das man im Stall liegen sieht…»—als Yājñavalkya dies sah, geriet er in Zorn und stürmte auf ihn los.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Yājñavalkya, eyes blazing, strides forward in anger toward the mocker; behind them a stable with a rough piece of wood lying on the ground, foreshadowing transformation.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives portray how contemptuous speech and impure associations can provoke righteous indignation, pushing the story toward repentance and revelation.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it sets up a miracle motif involving a piece of wood in a stable.
None directly; the verse narrates an incident involving Yājñavalkya’s anger.