Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
एवमुक्त्वा वसिष्ठं स विश्वामित्रो महीपतिः । आदिदेश ततो भृत्यान्नदिनीयं प्रगृह्यताम्
evamuktvā vasiṣṭhaṃ sa viśvāmitro mahīpatiḥ | ādideśa tato bhṛtyānnadinīyaṃ pragṛhyatām
इत्युक्त्वा वसिष्ठं स विश्वामित्रो महीपतिः। भृत्यान् आदिदेश ततो—‘नन्दिनीं प्रगृह्यताम्’॥
Narrator (contextual; the text’s narrative voice)
Scene: Viśvāmitra turns from Vasiṣṭha and orders attendants forward; soldiers reach toward the radiant cow as the hermitage witnesses the breach of sanctity.
FAQs
Unchecked authority becomes tyranny; the narrative warns that power used against dharma invites consequences.
This is narrative action within Tīrthamāhātmya; the verse itself does not specify a tīrtha.
None.
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