Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53
जागेश्वरसमोपेतां स कन्थां व्याक्षिपत्क्षितौ । पुरीषोत्सर्गकार्येण ततस्तोकांतरं गतः
jāgeśvarasamopetāṃ sa kanthāṃ vyākṣipatkṣitau | purīṣotsargakāryeṇa tatastokāṃtaraṃ gataḥ
Ele lançou ao chão o manto associado a Jāgeśvara; depois, sob o pretexto de aliviar-se, afastou-se por um pequeno trecho.
Sūta (by narrative flow)
Tirtha: Murala (context) / Jāgeśvara (associated)
Type: kshetra
Scene: An ascetic throws a cloak marked by Jāgeśvara’s association onto the ground; he then walks away behind shrubs under the pretext of relieving himself, leaving the disciple and the cloak in a moment of uneasy suspense.
FAQs
Objects linked to sacred names and places invite heightened responsibility; the story signals an impending breach of ethics.
Jāgeśvara is referenced (likely a Śaiva sacred locus), while the immediate scene remains within the Murala tirtha setting.
None; the mention of ‘purīṣotsarga’ is purely narrative, not ritual.
Read Skanda Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with audio, word-by-word meanings, and more.