Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
पित्तं प्रपतितं तत्र तच्च रक्तमयं बभौ । तद्दृष्ट्वाऽतीव हृष्टः स मंकणर्षिर्बभूव ह
pittaṃ prapatitaṃ tatra tacca raktamayaṃ babhau | taddṛṣṭvā'tīva hṛṣṭaḥ sa maṃkaṇarṣirbabhūva ha
वहाँ उसका पित्त गिर पड़ा और वह रक्तमय-सा दिखाई दिया। उसे देखकर मंकण ऋषि अत्यन्त हर्षित हो गया।
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Arbuda
Type: peak
Listener: sages / king addressed within the embedded narration
Scene: The ascetic notices a fallen drop of bile appearing blood-like on the ground; his face brightens with mistaken triumph; attendants/forest creatures look on in quiet surprise.
FAQs
Even ascetics can misread bodily phenomena as spiritual attainment; the narrative prepares a lesson on discernment and humility.
The setting remains the Sarasvatī riverbank within the Arbuda sacred landscape.
None; it is a narrative turning point in the ṛṣi’s inner test.
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