Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44
गृध्रयोरामिषं गृध्न्वोः परस्परजयैषिणोः । अवापतत्पादगुल्फं कंकचंचुपुटात्तदा
gṛdhrayorāmiṣaṃ gṛdhnvoḥ parasparajayaiṣiṇoḥ | avāpatatpādagulphaṃ kaṃkacaṃcupuṭāttadā
Enquanto os dois abutres, ávidos pela carne e desejosos de vencer um ao outro, lutavam, o tornozelo e o pé caíram então do bico de uma ave kaṅka.
Maheśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī (implied destination)
Type: river
Listener: null
Scene: Two vultures locked in combat; from a third bird’s beak (kaṅka) the ankle-foot slips and tumbles downward toward the unseen river, emphasizing gravity and fate.
FAQs
The body’s end is depicted as ignoble when life lacks dharma; the narrative prepares the contrast of sacred grace versus mere worldly decay.
The verse itself does not name a tīrtha, but it sets up the next moment where the limb falls toward the Gaṅgā—central to Kāśī’s sacred geography.
None directly.