Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
एवं स मे पिता जातो जाबालिर्मुनिसत्तमः । पोषिताऽहं ततस्तेन नानाफलसमुद्रवैः
evaṃ sa me pitā jāto jābālirmunisattamaḥ | poṣitā'haṃ tatastena nānāphalasamudravaiḥ
«Ainsi Jābāli, le meilleur des sages, devint mon père ; puis il me nourrit avec d’abondantes réserves de fruits de toutes sortes.»
Kanyā (Phalavatī)
Listener: Unnamed interlocutor
Scene: Jābāli the sage, austere yet tender, provides the child with baskets of varied fruits; the hermitage is lush with trees and calm animals.
FAQs
Even in forest life, dharma includes care and protection; ascetic settings are portrayed as sustained by nature’s abundance.
Not specified in this verse; it depicts hermitage life within the chapter’s tīrtha narrative frame.
None; it is descriptive of upbringing and sustenance.