Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा वृकः कोपसमन्वितः । जगाम सत्वं तत्र यत्रासौ सांकृतिः स्थितः
teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vṛkaḥ kopasamanvitaḥ | jagāma satvaṃ tatra yatrāsau sāṃkṛtiḥ sthitaḥ
तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा वृकः कोपसमन्वितः, तत्क्षणात् तत्र जगाम यत्र सांकृतिः मुनिः स्थितः।
Unspecified (narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta in surrounding passage)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vṛka strides rapidly toward a quiet āśrama where Sāṃkṛti stays; his posture is rigid with anger, while the hermitage appears calm, with a faint protective glow.
FAQs
Anger propels one toward adharma; approaching a sage with hostility sets the stage for immediate karmic reversal.
The action occurs within a tīrtha-centered chapter of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but the verse itself does not specify the tīrtha’s name.
None; it is narrative movement within the māhātmya.