Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 71
ततोऽहं वचनं श्रुत्वा स्तनं पातुं समुद्यतः । न च तृप्तिं विजानामि पिबतः स्तनमुत्तमम्
tato'haṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā stanaṃ pātuṃ samudyataḥ | na ca tṛptiṃ vijānāmi pibataḥ stanamuttamam
ครั้นได้ฟังถ้อยคำของนางแล้ว ข้าก็เริ่มดื่มน้ำนมจากอกนั้น แต่ถึงจะดื่มน้ำนมอันประเสริฐนั้น ข้าก็มิได้รู้จักความอิ่มเอมเลย
First-person narrator (likely the addressed vipra/brāhmaṇa recounting the event)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame listener (Bhārata implied in surrounding verses)
Scene: The brāhmaṇa begins to drink; despite ‘excellent’ milk, his face shows puzzlement and lack of satisfaction, suggesting an uncanny, otherworldly prolongation.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives often show how extraordinary events can mask deeper karmic or illusory forces, urging discernment alongside compassion.
No tīrtha is explicitly glorified in this line; it is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative flow.
None; it is a narrative report of an action and its uncanny effect.