Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
विहंगासक्तचित्तेन शून्येन स मुनीश्वरः । दृष्टो न महिषक्षुण्णः खुरैर्वेगवशाद्द्विजः
vihaṃgāsaktacittena śūnyena sa munīśvaraḥ | dṛṣṭo na mahiṣakṣuṇṇaḥ khurairvegavaśāddvijaḥ
Le vénérable sage, l’esprit comme vidé et tout entier attaché aux oiseaux, ne remarqua pas que le deux-fois-né était piétiné par les sabots du buffle, emporté par l’élan de sa vitesse.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Tirtha: Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā) tīra
Type: ghat
Scene: In the rush of the buffalo’s hooves, a brāhmaṇa sage is trampled; the rider, mind fixed on birds, fails to notice. The moment freezes: flying birds, churning dust, the sage falling, sacred river shimmering nearby.
FAQs
Carelessness and fixation can cause harm to the innocent, inviting grave karmic reaction in dharma literature.
The episode is situated on the Jahnavī (Gaṅgā) bank within the Tīrthamāhātmya.
None; it narrates the precipitating incident for the curse.
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