Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 89
यत्राऽस्तमितशायी च यलब्धकृतभोजनः । भ्रमामि मेदिनीपृष्ठे त्यक्त्वा संसारबन्धनम्
yatrā'stamitaśāyī ca yalabdhakṛtabhojanaḥ | bhramāmi medinīpṛṣṭhe tyaktvā saṃsārabandhanam
நான் எங்கு இருப்பினும், சூரியன் அஸ்தமித்த பின் அங்கேயே படுத்துறங்குவேன்; யாத்ருச்சையாகக் கிடைப்பதையே உண்பேன். இவ்வாறு சம்சாரப் பந்தத்தைத் துறந்து பூமியின் மேற்பரப்பில் அலைவேன்.
Unnamed narrator (first-person voice within the Adhyāya); framed later by Sūta’s narration in this section
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ/dvijas)
Scene: A lone renunciant-wanderer on the earth’s surface at dusk, laying down after sunset with a small begging bowl, leaving behind symbols of household life (rope/lock/ledger) to signify severed bonds.
FAQs
Contentment with whatever comes (yalabdha) and simple living are presented as means to loosen saṃsāra’s bondage.
No particular site is named in this line; it depicts the pilgrim-renunciant mode that underlies tīrtha-māhātmya narratives.
No explicit ritual; it describes ascetic observance—eating what is obtained and resting after sunset.
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