Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43
तस्य वामपदं गृध्रो गृहीत्वोदपतत्ततः । मांसाशिनाऽन्य गृध्रेण तस्य युद्धमभूद्दिवि
tasya vāmapadaṃ gṛdhro gṛhītvodapatattataḥ | māṃsāśinā'nya gṛdhreṇa tasya yuddhamabhūddivi
Um abutre agarrou seu pé esquerdo e alçou voo com ele. Então, no céu, surgiu uma luta entre esse abutre e outro abutre comedor de carne.
Maheśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī (implied)
Type: river
Listener: null
Scene: A vulture snatches a severed left foot and rises into the sky; another vulture attacks midair, wings spread, talons locked, with the city-river landscape faintly below.
FAQs
The verse uses stark imagery to show the vulnerability of the body and the urgency of dharma that protects one’s post-death trajectory.
No tīrtha is praised in this line; it continues the narrative leading toward Kāśī’s salvific contrast.
None explicitly; implicitly it evokes the importance of right living and proper dharma rather than bodily fate.