Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
ततः स पार्थिवो भीतस्तेषां वाक्याद्विशेषतः । जगाम हित्वा तां धेनुं स्वस्थानं हतसेवकः
tataḥ sa pārthivo bhītasteṣāṃ vākyādviśeṣataḥ | jagāma hitvā tāṃ dhenuṃ svasthānaṃ hatasevakaḥ
तेव्हा तो राजा त्यांच्या वचनांमुळे विशेषतः भयभीत होऊन, ती धेनू सोडून, सेवक मारले गेलेला असा आपल्या स्थानी परत गेला।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A frightened king retreats from a sacred grove, leaving behind a wounded cow; fallen attendants lie on the ground; ascetics and forest guardians stand sternly, their words having struck fear.
FAQs
Dharma ultimately prevails; when arrogance meets divine protection, even kings are forced to yield and face the cost of wrongdoing.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the chapter’s tīrthamāhātmya narrative context.
None.