Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
नित्यमेव समागत्य स्वर्गलोकात्स कामभाक् । गौतमे निर्गते राजन्समिदिध्मार्थमेव हि । दर्भार्थं फलमूलार्थं स्वयमेव महात्मभिः
nityameva samāgatya svargalokātsa kāmabhāk | gautame nirgate rājansamididhmārthameva hi | darbhārthaṃ phalamūlārthaṃ svayameva mahātmabhiḥ
ಕಾಮದಿಂದ ದಹಿಸಿದವನು ಸ್ವರ್ಗಲೋಕದಿಂದ ನಿತ್ಯವೂ ಬಂದುಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದನು. ಓ ರಾಜನೇ, ಗೌತಮನು ಸಮಿಧೆ-ಇಂಧನ, ದರ್ಭ, ಫಲ-ಮೂಲಗಳನ್ನು ತರಲು—ಮಹಾತ್ಮ ಋಷಿಗಳು ಸ್ವತಃ ಮಾಡುವ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ಕಾಗಿ—ಹೊರಟಾಗ ಅವನು ಅವಕಾಶವನ್ನು ಹುಡುಕುತ್ತಿದ್ದನು.
Viśvāmitra
Listener: Rājan (King)
Scene: Indra repeatedly descends from Svarga, lurking near the hermitage, watching Gautama depart with bundle of firewood and darbha; the forest is quiet, the act is furtive.
FAQs
Purāṇas contrast ascetic simplicity with worldly desire, teaching that dharma thrives in discipline and humility.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it describes āśrama context as part of the larger māhātmya narrative.
Indirectly references āśrama practices (collecting samit, idhma, darbha for rites), but no new vow or tīrtha-ritual is prescribed here.