Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 49
वृक्षस्थां ददृशो बालामुवाच नृपसत्तम । मन्नाथः पृच्छति त्वां तु कासि त्वं क्व गमिष्यसि
vṛkṣasthāṃ dadṛśo bālāmuvāca nṛpasattama | mannāthaḥ pṛcchati tvāṃ tu kāsi tvaṃ kva gamiṣyasi
વૃક્ષ પર બેઠેલી તે કન્યાને જોઈ દૂત બોલ્યો— “હે નૃપશ્રેષ્ઠ, મારા સ્વામી પૂછે છે— તું કોણ છે અને ક્યાં જઈ રહી છે?”
Kaṇva’s messenger (dūta)
Tirtha: Somanātha (local tīrtha referenced in Revā-khaṇḍa narrative)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (typical frame; not stated in verse)
Scene: A royal messenger in travel attire looks up at a young maiden seated upon a tree branch; the forest/tīrtha grove frames a charged, uncanny meeting.
FAQs
Sacred encounters often begin with simple questions; identity and destination are central to karmic revelation in Purāṇic storytelling.
The Revā-khaṇḍa locale near the saṅgama and garden precinct where the maiden is found.
None.
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