Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39
स कदाचिद्वने क्वापि रममाणौ किशोरकौ । अपश्यदंतकाकारो नवोढौ मुनिदंपती
sa kadācidvane kvāpi ramamāṇau kiśorakau | apaśyadaṃtakākāro navoḍhau munidaṃpatī
တစ်ခါက တောအတွင်း တစ်နေရာရာ၌ အန္တကကဲ့သို့သော သူသည် ပျော်ရွှင်စွာ ကစားနေသော အသစ်လက်ထပ် လူငယ်ဇနီးမောင်နှံကို တွေ့မြင်하였다—မုနိတစ်ပါးနှင့် သူ၏ ဇနီးဖြစ်သည်။
Narrator (Purāṇic recounting)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A youthful sage and his newlywed wife play joyfully in a forest clearing—gentle smiles, garlands, soft light—while, from behind trees, the death-like rākṣasa watches, casting a long shadow toward them.
FAQs
The Purāṇas contrast innocent dharmic life with predatory adharma, preparing the listener to see how righteousness is tested and ultimately safeguarded.
No tīrtha is specified; the scene is set generically in a forest (vana) as part of the moral narrative.
None.