Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
क्षुधितस्तृषितः सोथ श्येनेन बलिना धृतः । चरणेन दृढेनाशु चंच्वा सापि धृता खगी
kṣudhitastṛṣitaḥ sotha śyenena balinā dhṛtaḥ | caraṇena dṛḍhenāśu caṃcvā sāpi dhṛtā khagī
भूक आणि तहान यांनी व्याकुळ झालेल्या त्या पक्ष्याला एका बलवान ससाण्याने पकडले. त्याने आपल्या मजबूत पायाने आणि चोचीने त्या मादी पक्ष्यालाही वेगाने धरले.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame typical) / internal interlocutors (contextual)
Scene: A powerful hawk pins a pair of small birds—one trapped under its claw, the other clutched in its beak—capturing the instant of helplessness and impending fate.
FAQs
Even in distress, awareness and timely action become the doorway to protection; dharma often begins as presence of mind in crisis.
This verse is part of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse (Kāśī/Varanasi framework), though the line itself is a narrative episode rather than direct tīrtha-praise.
None in this verse; it is narrative description setting up a moral illustration.