Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
तत्रापि च स्थितः कश्चित्पुरुषः कांडकारकः । ऋजुकर्मणि संयुक्तः शराणां नतपर्वणाम्
tatrāpi ca sthitaḥ kaścitpuruṣaḥ kāṃḍakārakaḥ | ṛjukarmaṇi saṃyuktaḥ śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām
तेथेच एक पुरुष उभा होता—तो बाणांच्या कांड्या बनविणारा; तो सरळपणे, काळजीपूर्वक कामात गुंतून वाकड्या सांध्यांचे बाण सिद्ध करीत होता.
Narrator (a seeker within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative; exact speaker not specified in the snippet)
Listener: Dvijas (implied)
Scene: A shaft-maker stands near the hut, intent on shaping arrow-shafts; tools, reeds/wooden dowels, and partially finished arrows with bent joints are visible; his posture is steady and absorbed.
FAQs
Steady, attentive action—even in ordinary work—can reflect inner discipline valued in dharma narratives.
No named tīrtha is stated; the scene is set near a hermitage within the chapter’s sacred-travel context.
None; it describes an occupational act (craft-work) rather than a rite.