Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21
एवं गुणगणाकीर्णोऽवसद्विप्रः स भारत । हनस्वेति हनस्वेति शृणोति वाक्यमीदृशम्
evaṃ guṇagaṇākīrṇo'vasadvipraḥ sa bhārata | hanasveti hanasveti śṛṇoti vākyamīdṛśam
Ainsi, ô Bhārata, ce brāhmaṇa—l’esprit envahi par une multitude d’empreintes troublantes—demeure là et entend un ordre de ce genre : « Frappe ! Frappe ! ».
Unknown (addressing ‘Bhārata’; likely a narrator/teacher in Revā Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) narrative setting
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata
Scene: A tense narrative moment: a brāhmaṇa seated or standing in a liminal space, surrounded by swirling symbolic guṇas (smoke-like forms), hearing an unseen voice urging ‘Strike! Strike!’; a listener addressed as Bhārata frames it as a cautionary tale.
FAQs
Wrongdoing culminates in fear and coercive suffering; the Purāṇic narrative uses vivid commands to warn against adharma.
No tirtha is mentioned in this verse; it is part of a moral-eschatological narrative within the Revā Khaṇḍa.
None; the verse depicts an ominous auditory experience as a consequence motif.