Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
सबाल्यात्प्रभृति प्रायो महिषाणां प्रबोधनम् । करोति संपरित्यज्य सर्वमश्वादिवाहनम्
sabālyātprabhṛti prāyo mahiṣāṇāṃ prabodhanam | karoti saṃparityajya sarvamaśvādivāhanam
Sejak kecil lagi, dia kebanyakannya menumpukan diri untuk membangkit dan menggiring kerbau, sambil meninggalkan sama sekali segala tunggangan lain seperti kuda dan seumpamanya.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Scene: A handsome youth from childhood driving and rousing buffalo herds, rejecting horses and other mounts; rustic energy and dust, with a hint of impending misfortune.
FAQs
Habitual choices formed from early life can become the cause of later karmic consequences in sacred narratives.
The broader episode moves toward the bank of the Jahnavī (Gaṅgā), a central tīrtha in this section.
None in this verse; it is narrative background describing conduct and travel.