Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21
एवं गुणगणाकीर्णोऽवसद्विप्रः स भारत । हनस्वेति हनस्वेति शृणोति वाक्यमीदृशम्
evaṃ guṇagaṇākīrṇo'vasadvipraḥ sa bhārata | hanasveti hanasveti śṛṇoti vākyamīdṛśam
ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໂອ ພາຣະຕະ ພຣາຫມັນຜູ້ນັ້ນ—ຈິດຖືກຫຸ້ມຫໍ້ດ້ວຍກຸ່ມຄຸນ/ອາການຮົ່ມຮ້ອນຫຼາຍປະການ—ຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນ ແລະ ໄດ້ຍິນຄຳສັ່ງວ່າ “ຕີ! ຕີ!”
Unknown (addressing ‘Bhārata’; likely a narrator/teacher in Revā Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) narrative setting
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata
Scene: A tense narrative moment: a brāhmaṇa seated or standing in a liminal space, surrounded by swirling symbolic guṇas (smoke-like forms), hearing an unseen voice urging ‘Strike! Strike!’; a listener addressed as Bhārata frames it as a cautionary tale.
FAQs
Wrongdoing culminates in fear and coercive suffering; the Purāṇic narrative uses vivid commands to warn against adharma.
No tirtha is mentioned in this verse; it is part of a moral-eschatological narrative within the Revā Khaṇḍa.
None; the verse depicts an ominous auditory experience as a consequence motif.
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