Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64
पुरा कृतयुगे ह्यसीदिन्द्रसेनो नराधिपः । प्रतिष्ठानाधिपो वीरो मृगयारसिकः सदा
purā kṛtayuge hyasīdindraseno narādhipaḥ | pratiṣṭhānādhipo vīro mṛgayārasikaḥ sadā
いにしえ、クリタ・ユガの時代に、インドラセーナという王—人々の主—がいて、プラティシュターナを治めていた。勇猛な王であったが、常に狩猟の情熱に耽っていた。
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Scene: A Kṛta Yuga king in regal attire stands in Pratiṣṭhāna’s palace courtyard; in the background, he departs with bow and retinue toward a forest, eyes fixed with hunting zeal.
FAQs
Even worldly heroism can be weakened by persistent attachment; the Purāṇic frame prepares the reader for how devotion and dharma transform destiny.
The verse sets up a Kedāra/Kedārakhaṇḍa māhātmya narrative; the explicit tīrtha praise is contextual to Kedāra rather than named in this line.
None in this verse; it is introductory narrative description.
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