Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29
भयान्मां भाषसे चैवं नास्ति प्राणसमं भयम् । तस्मात्प्राणभयान्न त्वमागमिष्यसि धेनुके
bhayānmāṃ bhāṣase caivaṃ nāsti prāṇasamaṃ bhayam | tasmātprāṇabhayānna tvamāgamiṣyasi dhenuke
«Tu me parles ainsi par crainte; il n’est pas de peur égale à la peur pour sa vie. Ainsi, par peur de ta vie, tu ne reviendras pas, ô vache».
Vyāghra (Tiger)
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close focus on the tiger’s assertive speech: he gestures as if stating a maxim about fear; Kapilā appears small yet composed, the forest shadows suggesting mortality’s presence.
FAQs
It highlights the strongest human/animal instinct—self-preservation—and sets up the higher dharma of keeping one’s pledged word despite fear.
No tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse; it belongs to the Arbuda narrative within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
None; the verse is ethical reasoning within a story.