Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
प्रवेशमुटजानां च निर्गमं च विलोकयन् । यामिन्यां व्याघ्ररूपेण ब्राह्मणान्भक्षयेद्बहून्
praveśamuṭajānāṃ ca nirgamaṃ ca vilokayan | yāminyāṃ vyāghrarūpeṇa brāhmaṇānbhakṣayedbahūn
Ia mengintai orang-orang yang masuk ke gubuk daun dan yang keluar darinya; pada malam hari, dengan menjelma sebagai harimau, ia melahap banyak Brāhmaṇa.
Skanda
Scene: Night in a forested hermitage near Kāśī: leaf-huts (kuṭī/utaja) with faint lamp-glow; a tiger-form stalks silently, watching ascetics enter and exit, then pouncing into darkness.
FAQs
The Purāṇas depict the vulnerability of holy communities to adharma, underscoring the need for divine refuge and moral vigilance.
Not explicitly named here; the passage belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative orbit centered on Kāśī.
None.