Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 132
सिंहोऽपि दैवयोगेन ममेयमिति मन्यते । परं हिंस्रस्वभावेन तामादातुं प्रचक्रमे
siṃho'pi daivayogena mameyamiti manyate | paraṃ hiṃsrasvabhāvena tāmādātuṃ pracakrame
ദൈവയോഗത്താൽ സിംഹനും ‘ഇവൾ എന്റേതാണ്’ എന്നു കരുതി; എന്നാൽ ഹിംസ്രസ്വഭാവം മൂലം അവളെ പിടിക്കുവാൻ തുടങ്ങി.
Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narrative style, Sūta to the sages)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A lion, eyes fixed with possessive certainty, crouches to seize a doe; the forest around is tense, as if fate itself presses the moment forward.
FAQs
Fate may present occasions, but one’s svabhāva and choices determine virtue or harm; dharma demands mastery over violence and possessiveness.
The episode belongs to the Vastrāpatha māhātmya within Prabhāsa; the locale’s sanctity frames the moral narrative.
None; it is a narrative teaching about impulse and restraint.