Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
सहसा सा हता तेन गार्द्ध्रपत्रेण पत्रिणा । दिशो विलोकयामास समंताद्व्यथयार्दिता
sahasā sā hatā tena gārddhrapatreṇa patriṇā | diśo vilokayāmāsa samaṃtādvyathayārditā
അകസ്മാത് അവൻ ഗൃദ്ധ്രപക്ഷസദൃശമായ പിച്ചയുള്ള അമ്പുകൊണ്ട് അവളെ വേദിപ്പിച്ചു; വേദനയാൽ പീഡിതയായി അവൾ ചുറ്റുമുള്ള എല്ലാ ദിക്കുകളിലേക്കും നോക്കി।
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Scene: A wounded doe, struck by a vulture-feather-fletched arrow, staggers and turns her head in all directions, eyes wide with pain, seeking her fawn and a place of refuge; the forest is tense and silent.
FAQs
Suffering reveals the ethical weight of actions and often becomes the doorway to repentance and dharma-centered transformation.
The same Nāgarakhaṇḍa forest-tīrtha environment; the sanctity is implied as events unfold toward a māhātmya revelation.
None in this verse; it remains narrative, typically leading into later expiation, worship, or tīrtha observances.