Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
अथ चैकोऽर्धनिर्दग्ध आयुःशेषेण दर्दुरः । तस्माज्जलाद्विनिष्क्रांतो दृष्टो देवैश्च दूरतः
atha caiko'rdhanirdagdha āyuḥśeṣeṇa darduraḥ | tasmājjalādviniṣkrāṃto dṛṣṭo devaiśca dūrataḥ
Alors une grenouille—à demi brûlée, ne survivant que par le reste de sa durée de vie—sortit de cette eau, et les dieux l’aperçurent de loin.
Narrator (within Śuka’s recitation)
Tirtha: Unnamed jalāśaya/kuṇḍa in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kund
Scene: A half-burnt frog, skin scorched, crawls out of the water; in the distance the gods watch, poised to question, the air shimmering with residual heat.
FAQs
Even a small surviving witness can reveal truth; providence preserves a remnant to complete the unfolding of dharma and narrative justice.
The jalāśaya associated with Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 90).
None; the verse prepares for inquiry and testimony about Agni’s location.