Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
अथ तांल्लुब्धकान्दृष्ट्वा दूरतोऽपि भयातुराः । पलायनपराः सर्वे मृगा जग्मुर्द्रुतं ततः
atha tāṃllubdhakāndṛṣṭvā dūrato'pi bhayāturāḥ | palāyanaparāḥ sarve mṛgā jagmurdrutaṃ tataḥ
பின்னர் அந்த வேடர்களை தொலைவிலிருந்தே கண்ட மான்கள் அச்சத்தால் கலங்கி, தப்பிச் செல்லத் தீர்மானித்து, அந்த இடத்திலிருந்து விரைவாக ஓடின.
Sūta
Tirtha: Mṛgatīrtha (immediate pre-origin action)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: Deer spring up and scatter in swift flight, eyes wide, bodies stretched mid-run; hunters loom behind, bows ready; dust and disturbed leaves mark the sudden panic.
FAQs
Fear and harm follow violence; tīrtha narratives often use such tension to reveal divine protection and purification.
This episode is part of the Mṛgatīrtha-māhātmya narrative.
None; it continues the origin-story sequence.
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