Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12
स एकदा कतिपयैर्भृत्यैर्युक्तो महाबलः । जगाम मृगयाहेतोर्बहु सत्त्वान्वितं वनम्
sa ekadā katipayairbhṛtyairyukto mahābalaḥ | jagāma mṛgayāhetorbahu sattvānvitaṃ vanam
Una vez, aquel poderoso, acompañado por unos pocos servidores, se internó en un bosque colmado de muchas criaturas, con el propósito de cazar.
Narrator (contextual purāṇic voice; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Scene: Prince Siṃhaketu rides with a small retinue into a dense forest; deer and birds scatter; shafts of light hint at a hidden, ruined shrine ahead.
FAQs
A worldly act becomes the doorway to grace; Purāṇic stories often begin with ordinary events leading to sacred discovery.
Not specified; the forest setting prepares for a later revelation connected to Śiva worship.
None; it narrates travel into the forest for hunting.