Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
गोयुगेन हि ग्रीवायां लम्बमानेन भूपते । तद्दृष्ट्वा सुमहाश्चर्यं विनाशं गोयुगस्य तु
goyugena hi grīvāyāṃ lambamānena bhūpate | taddṛṣṭvā sumahāścaryaṃ vināśaṃ goyugasya tu
O king, as the pair of cattle with the yoke hung from the neck, seeing that most astonishing sight and the ruin of the cattle-pair,
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking in Purāṇic narration (deduced)
Listener: bhūpati / nṛpa (king)
Scene: A rural path where a yoke-pair of cattle hangs from a man’s neck; onlookers freeze in astonishment as the animals perish, foreshadowing renunciation.
FAQs
It points to the fragility of possessions and how shock can awaken vairāgya (dispassion).
The narrative is part of the Piṇḍāraka tīrtha māhātmya within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
None; the verse is narrative and psychological in focus.