Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
क्षुत्पिपासातुरा दीना दुःखेन महताऽन्विताः । पदपद्धतिमार्गेण येन यातः स भूपतिः
kṣutpipāsāturā dīnā duḥkhena mahatā'nvitāḥ | padapaddhatimārgeṇa yena yātaḥ sa bhūpatiḥ
Afflicted by hunger and thirst, wretched and weighed down by great misery, they came by the very footpath along which that king had travelled.
Sūta (continued narration)
Scene: A narrow footpath through scrub and forest: servants stumble forward, lips parched, carrying the wounded; dust rises; the same track bears footprints of the king’s earlier passage, visually linking their fate to his journey.
FAQs
Hardship accompanies worldly movement; endurance and remembrance of dharma are required on difficult paths.
Not specified in this verse; it describes the travel route and the attendants’ suffering.
None; the verse is descriptive of condition and travel.