Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42
एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राप्ता सारंगी सुपिपा सिता । जलमिश्रं तया रेतः पीतं सर्वमशेषतः
etasminnaṃtare prāptā sāraṃgī supipā sitā | jalamiśraṃ tayā retaḥ pītaṃ sarvamaśeṣataḥ
In eben diesem Augenblick kam eine Hirschkuh, von großer Dürre gequält; und den mit Wasser vermischten Samen trank sie vollständig, ohne jeden Rest.
Narrator (Brāhmaṇa Vatsa)
Type: ghat
Scene: A thirsty doe rushes to the river, lowers her head, and drinks; the water is shown with subtle symbolic glow indicating mingled potency; the sage watches in astonishment as fate turns through a simple natural act.
FAQs
Purāṇic storytelling emphasizes how actions and circumstances can yield unforeseen consequences, even through nature’s intermediaries.
A waterside tīrtha setting is implied (river/water); the verse itself does not name the place.
None; the verse narrates an extraordinary event involving the sacred waters.