Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
विषमस्थं तृणान्नाद्यं कथंचित्पुत्रक त्वया । नैकाकिना प्रगंतव्यं यूथं त्यक्त्वा निजं क्वचित्
viṣamasthaṃ tṛṇānnādyaṃ kathaṃcitputraka tvayā | naikākinā pragaṃtavyaṃ yūthaṃ tyaktvā nijaṃ kvacit
विषमस्थं तृणं नाद्यं कथञ्चित्, पुत्रक, त्वया। यूथं त्यक्त्वा निजं क्वापि नैकाकिना प्रगन्तव्यम्॥
Nandinī (the cow, speaking to her calf)
Scene: A pastoral-forest scene: a young one about to step onto a precarious slope to graze; an elder stops him and points toward the herd/group on safer ground.
FAQs
Discernment and companionship protect life; dharma is sustained by avoiding risky temptations and staying within supportive community.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it provides narrative instruction within the Mahātmya.
None; the verse gives practical niyamas—avoid hazardous grazing and avoid solitary wandering.
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