Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
तृषार्तः संप्रविष्टः स तस्मिन्नेव जलाशये । ग्राहेण तत्क्षणाद्धृत्वा भक्षितो नृपसत्तम
tṛṣārtaḥ saṃpraviṣṭaḥ sa tasminneva jalāśaye | grāheṇa tatkṣaṇāddhṛtvā bhakṣito nṛpasattama
渇きに苦しみ、彼はまさにその湖へ入った。すると瞬時に鰐が彼を捕らえ、呑み尽くした――おお、王の中の最勝者よ。
Narrator addressing a king (listener implied by vocative nṛpasattama)
Tirtha: Arbuda-jalāśaya (contextual)
Type: kund
Listener: ‘nṛpa-sattama’ addressee
Scene: At the lotus lake’s edge, the king—parched—steps into the water; a crocodile erupts, seizing him instantly. The scene balances natural realism with moral symbolism: craving meets consequence in a sacred setting.
FAQs
Human power is fragile; a single moment can overturn life, and such turns in a tīrtha-setting often reveal hidden dharma and divine purpose.
The sacred jalāśaya associated with Arbuda Mountain, central to the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya.
None; the verse narrates the death-event that becomes the basis for later liberation and tīrtha praise.