Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32
मृगमध्ये स्थितश्चाहं न कंचिदुपरोधये । तां वाचं मानुषीं श्रुत्वा स राजा विस्मयान्वितः
mṛgamadhye sthitaścāhaṃ na kaṃciduparodhaye | tāṃ vācaṃ mānuṣīṃ śrutvā sa rājā vismayānvitaḥ
“ខ្ញុំបានឈរនៅកណ្តាលហ្វូងក្តាន់ ហើយមិនបានរំខាននរណាម្នាក់ឡើយ”។ ដោយឮសំឡេងមនុស្សបែបនេះ ស្ដេចក៏មានសេចក្ដីភ្ញាក់ផ្អើលជាខ្លាំង។
Ṛkṣaśṛṅga (first half), Narrator (second half reporting the king’s reaction)
Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa forest-tīrtha environs (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A king-hunter pauses in astonishment as a human voice arises from among deer in a forest clearing; deer cluster around, the moment suspended between fear and wonder.
FAQs
Non-harming presence is the mark of sanctity; recognition of holiness awakens conscience, shown by the king’s astonishment.
The verse sits within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred narrative milieu; no named tīrtha appears here.
None.