Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52
शिथिलो गुरुकृत्येषु स यदालक्षितो मया । तस्या वाक्यावसाने तु उत्तंकः पर्य्यदृश्यत
śithilo gurukṛtyeṣu sa yadālakṣito mayā | tasyā vākyāvasāne tu uttaṃkaḥ paryyadṛśyata
ಅವನು ಗುರುಕೃತ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿಥಿಲನಾಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ ಎಂದು ನಾನು ಗಮನಿಸಿದಾಗ, ಅವಳ ಮಾತು ಮುಗಿಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಂತೆಯೇ ಉತ್ತಂಕನು ಕಾಣಿಸಿಕೊಂಡನು.
Narrator (contextual)
Tirtha: Gautama-āśrama
Type: kshetra
Scene: Ahalyā notes Uttaṅka’s laxity in guru-duties; at the very end of her words, Uttaṅka appears—dramatic timing that averts immediate fallout.
FAQs
Service to the guru (gurusevā) is central; laxity in it is a moral fault that must be corrected immediately.
No explicit tīrtha is named; the verse advances the Arbuda Khaṇḍa story that undergirds the region’s sacred narrative.
None; the focus is ethical—faithful performance of guru-duties.