Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45
एकस्मिन्दिवसे विप्राः सर्वे यदुकुमारकाः । वनं जग्मुर्मृगान्हन्तुं सर्वे कृष्णसमन्विताः
ekasmindivase viprāḥ sarve yadukumārakāḥ | vanaṃ jagmurmṛgānhantuṃ sarve kṛṣṇasamanvitāḥ
ஒரு நாளில், ஓ பிராமணர்களே, யது குமாரர்கள் அனைவரும் மான்களை வேட்டையாட வனத்திற்குச் சென்றனர்; அவர்கள் அனைவரும் ஸ்ரீகிருஷ்ணனுடன் இருந்தனர்.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/Ṛṣis
Scene: A group of Yadu princes with bows and hunting gear enter a forest; Kṛṣṇa at the center, serene, blue-hued, guiding the party.
FAQs
Purāṇic episodes often begin with ordinary activities that become occasions for divine intervention and moral instruction.
Dvārakā is the māhātmya-frame; the forest episode functions as narrative lead-in to a Dvārakā-centered revelation.
None; it is a narrative transition verse.