Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12
स एकदा कतिपयैर्भृत्यैर्युक्तो महाबलः । जगाम मृगयाहेतोर्बहु सत्त्वान्वितं वनम्
sa ekadā katipayairbhṛtyairyukto mahābalaḥ | jagāma mṛgayāhetorbahu sattvānvitaṃ vanam
ഒരു പ്രാവശ്യം ആ മഹാബലൻ കുറച്ച് ഭൃത്യന്മാരോടുകൂടെ വേട്ടയ്ക്കായി അനേകം ജീവികളാൽ നിറഞ്ഞ വനത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി.
Narrator (contextual purāṇic voice; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Scene: Prince Siṃhaketu rides with a small retinue into a dense forest; deer and birds scatter; shafts of light hint at a hidden, ruined shrine ahead.
FAQs
A worldly act becomes the doorway to grace; Purāṇic stories often begin with ordinary events leading to sacred discovery.
Not specified; the forest setting prepares for a later revelation connected to Śiva worship.
None; it narrates travel into the forest for hunting.