Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 92
अबद्धा विहरंत्येते योनिरेषां सुदुर्लभा । निश्चिंताः स्थावरा ह्येते सौख्यमेषां महद्भुवि
abaddhā viharaṃtyete yonireṣāṃ sudurlabhā | niściṃtāḥ sthāvarā hyete saukhyameṣāṃ mahadbhuvi
ഇവർ ബന്ധനമില്ലാതെ വിഹരിക്കുന്നു; ഇവർക്കു ഇത്തരമൊരു യോനി അത്യന്തം ദുർലഭം. അവർ ആശങ്കരഹിതർ, സ്ഥാവരന്മാരെപ്പോലെ; ഭൂമിയിൽ അവരുടെ സുഖം മഹത്താണ്।
Unspecified in snippet (context: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration, likely within a debate on the value of births)
Scene: A wide earth landscape where animals and birds move freely without worry; in contrast, a human sits burdened by thought-clouds, while a sage indicates that true freedom is inner, not merely roaming.
FAQs
Worldly ease and lack of worry can exist in lower states of life, but such comfort is not the same as spiritual freedom.
No site is mentioned; the verse is philosophical rather than geographical.
None; it contrasts conditions of life rather than prescribing a vrata or tīrtha-visit.