Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29
विचिक्षेप शरं तत्र यत्र ते बहवो मृगाः । तेषां मध्ये स वै विद्ध ऋक्षशृङ्गो महातपाः
vicikṣepa śaraṃ tatra yatra te bahavo mṛgāḥ | teṣāṃ madhye sa vai viddha ṛkṣaśṛṅgo mahātapāḥ
Il lança la flèche là où se tenaient les nombreux cerfs ; mais, au milieu d’eux, ce fut Ṛkṣaśṛṅga, le grand ascète, qui fut atteint.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Revā region (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience
Scene: An arrow flies into the deer herd but strikes Ṛkṣaśṛṅga, the great ascetic, standing among them—an abrupt, tragic revelation.
FAQs
Careless violence rebounds as grave fault when it harms the innocent—especially a tapasvin; dharma demands restraint and clarity.
The episode is situated within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred setting; no specific named tīrtha appears in this verse.
None; it narrates the accidental injury.