Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46
बालको बक इत्येवं प्रतीतोऽतिप्रियः पितुः । चपलोऽतीव बालत्वे निसर्गादेव भद्रक
bālako baka ityevaṃ pratīto'tipriyaḥ pituḥ | capalo'tīva bālatve nisargādeva bhadraka
ಬಾಲ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ‘ಬಕ’ ಎಂಬ ಹೆಸರಿನಿಂದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧನಾಗಿದ್ದೆ ಮತ್ತು ತಂದೆಗೆ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಪ್ರಿಯನಾಗಿದ್ದೆ; ಆದರೆ ಹೇ ಭದ್ರನೇ! ಸ್ವಭಾವದಿಂದಲೇ ಬಾಲ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ತುಂಬ ಚಂಚಲನಾಗಿದ್ದೆ.
Nāḍījaṃgha (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Ghṛtakaṃbala (contextual backdrop)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vipra/king in the present scene
Scene: Flashback continues: the boy called ‘Baka’ is dearly loved by his father, yet naturally very restless and fickle—setting a moral and narrative foreshadowing.
FAQs
Unchecked restlessness and heedlessness, even in youth, can plant karmic causes that mature into later suffering.
No tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.