Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8
पीलुगुल्मं प्रति गतं गोवत्सः प्रस्थितस्तदा । राजा तद्धरणाकांक्षो प्राविशद्गुल्ममादरात्
pīlugulmaṃ prati gataṃ govatsaḥ prasthitastadā | rājā taddharaṇākāṃkṣo prāviśadgulmamādarāt
അപ്പോൾ ഗോവത്സം പീലു ചെടികളുടെ കാട്ടിലേക്കു നീങ്ങി. അതിനെ പിടിക്കണമെന്ന ആഗ്രഹത്തോടെ രാജാവ് ആകാംക്ഷയോടെ ആ കാട്ടിനുള്ളിൽ കടന്നു।
Sūta (narration)
Type: gupta-kshetra (implied)
Scene: The calf darts toward a dense pīlu thicket; the king, intent on catching it, parts the branches and steps into the shrubbery with urgency.
FAQs
The pursuit of an outward object becomes, in tīrtha-legends, the very path by which one is led into a sacred revelation.
Govatsa-tīrtha, whose discovery narrative continues through this forest-and-thicket episode.
None; the verse sets the scene immediately preceding the tīrtha’s deeper manifestation and significance.