Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
अच्छिन्नाग्रतृणं या तु सदा भक्षयते नृप । अथ सा गह्वरं प्राप्ता गिरेः शून्यं भयंकरम्
acchinnāgratṛṇaṃ yā tu sadā bhakṣayate nṛpa | atha sā gahvaraṃ prāptā gireḥ śūnyaṃ bhayaṃkaram
Sie, die stets Gras mit ungeschnittenen Spitzen weidete, o König, gelangte daraufhin zu einer Berghöhle, verlassen und furchterregend.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Arbuda-gahvara (unnamed cave locus)
Type: cave
Listener: nṛpa (addressed as 'O king')
Scene: Kapilā reaches a dark, empty, frightening cavern in the mountain; jagged rocks frame the cave-mouth, shadows deepen inside, and the cow stands poised at the threshold as if guided by unseen sanctity.
FAQs
Wandering into fearsome places symbolizes the soul’s entry into trials where truthfulness and compassion will be tested.
The mountain terrain of Arbuda is foregrounded; the verse does not name a specific tīrtha.
None.