Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
अत्यंतं मृगयाश्रांतो हत्वा मृगगणान्बहून् । ऋक्षांश्चैव वराहांश्च सारंगानथ संबरान्
atyaṃtaṃ mṛgayāśrāṃto hatvā mṛgagaṇānbahūn | ṛkṣāṃścaiva varāhāṃśca sāraṃgānatha saṃbarān
வேட்டையால் மிகுந்த சோர்வுற்ற அவன், பல மான்கூட்டங்களையும், கரடிகளையும், காட்டுப்பன்றிகளையும், சாரங்க மான்களையும், ஷம்பர மான்களையும் கொன்றிருந்தான்।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context)
Scene: A king, sweat-soaked and dust-covered, carries bow and arrows; attendants drag or carry slain animals—deer, boar, bear—through a harsh midday forest, foreshadowing a turn toward the serene tīrtha.
FAQs
Worldly pursuits exhaust the body and mind, preparing the seeker to value the cooling refuge of sacred waters and dharmic counsel.
The tīrtha is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting; this verse describes the king’s condition just before the sacred encounter.
None explicitly; the verse narrates the king’s hunting fatigue, which leads into bathing and tīrtha-related action later.
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