Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
एवं स मे पिता जातो जाबालिर्मुनिसत्तमः । पोषिताऽहं ततस्तेन नानाफलसमुद्रवैः
evaṃ sa me pitā jāto jābālirmunisattamaḥ | poṣitā'haṃ tatastena nānāphalasamudravaiḥ
“Demikianlah Jābāli, resi yang paling utama, menjadi ayahku. Sesudah itu baginda memeliharaku dengan simpanan buah-buahan pelbagai jenis yang melimpah.”
Kanyā (Phalavatī)
Listener: Unnamed interlocutor
Scene: Jābāli the sage, austere yet tender, provides the child with baskets of varied fruits; the hermitage is lush with trees and calm animals.
FAQs
Even in forest life, dharma includes care and protection; ascetic settings are portrayed as sustained by nature’s abundance.
Not specified in this verse; it depicts hermitage life within the chapter’s tīrtha narrative frame.
None; it is descriptive of upbringing and sustenance.