Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26
न व्याधश्चान्त्यजातो वा क्षत्रियोऽहं महामुने । काशीराजो मृगान् हन्तुमागतो वनमुत्तमम्
na vyādhaścāntyajāto vā kṣatriyo'haṃ mahāmune | kāśīrājo mṛgān hantumāgato vanamuttamam
ឱ មហាមុនី! ខ្ញុំមិនមែនជាអ្នកប្រមាញ់ទេ ហើយក៏មិនមែនជាអ្នកកើតទាបដែរ។ ខ្ញុំជាក្សត្រីយៈ—ព្រះរាជាកាសី—មកកាន់ព្រៃដ៏ប្រសើរនេះ ដើម្បីសម្លាប់ក្តាន់។
Citrasena
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha setting (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame implied)
Scene: A regal king of Kāśī, armed for the hunt, stands in an ‘excellent forest’ before a great sage, asserting he is no hunter by caste but a Kṣatriya king come to slay deer.
FAQs
Even royal identity and customary pursuits do not exempt one from dharmic scrutiny when harm is done.
Kāśī is named as the king’s realm; the chapter’s larger setting remains the Revā/Narmadā landscape.
None; it provides narrative background (the hunt) that precipitates later expiation.