Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 121
बहवस्तेन मार्गेण येनासौ प्रस्थितो नृप । सम्मुखः प्रववौ वातो रूक्षः कर्करसंयुतः
bahavastena mārgeṇa yenāsau prasthito nṛpa | sammukhaḥ pravavau vāto rūkṣaḥ karkarasaṃyutaḥ
O König, auf dem Weg, den er eingeschlagen hatte, zeigten sich viele Unheilszeichen. Ein rauer, trockener Wind, voller Sand und Körnigkeit, blies ihm direkt entgegen.
Narrator addressing 'nṛpa' (king)
Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (नृप)
Scene: A head-on wind blasts the chariot; dust and grit whip across faces; horses strain; banners flap backward; the king presses forward despite resistance.
FAQs
Obstacles and adverse signs indicate a wrong course; dharma is shown as having warnings before calamity.
No named tīrtha appears; it continues the Arbuda-khaṇḍa setting of the episode.
None in this verse.