Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 81
ममर्दुस्तस्य तद्गात्रं समाधिस्थं चिरं द्विजाः । ततः स चेतनां लब्धा आलोक्य च मुहुर्मुहुः । प्रोवाच विस्मयाविष्टस्तान्मुनीन्प्रकृतानिति
mamardustasya tadgātraṃ samādhisthaṃ ciraṃ dvijāḥ | tataḥ sa cetanāṃ labdhā ālokya ca muhurmuhuḥ | provāca vismayāviṣṭastānmunīnprakṛtāniti
ദ്വിജന്മാർ ദീർഘകാലം സമാധിസ്ഥനായിരുന്ന അവന്റെ ശരീരം മർദ്ദനം ചെയ്തു. തുടർന്ന് അവൻ ബോധം പ്രാപിച്ച് വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും നോക്കി, വിസ്മയത്തിൽ മുങ്ങി, സാധാരണ നിലയിൽ ഉള്ളവരെന്നപോലെ തോന്നിയ ആ മുനിമാരോട് സംസാരിച്ചു।
Narrative (Sūta’s narration, contextually)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within tīrtha-mahātmya frame (implied)
Scene: Sages massage the limbs of a long-immobile meditator; he opens his eyes, looks around repeatedly, astonished, and begins to speak to them.
FAQs
Austerity and inner absorption can transcend ordinary time, yet dharmic companions guide the ascetic back to purposeful life.
The episode belongs to the Māhātmya that establishes the renown of Mukhārā Tīrtha in this chapter.
No vow is stated here; it describes service to an ascetic—massaging and restoring him from prolonged absorption.
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