Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41
वायुवेगेन देवेन लुञ्जितास्ते समन्ततः । भारं बद्ध्वा तु सर्वेषां बटूनां च नरेश्वर
vāyuvegena devena luñjitāste samantataḥ | bhāraṃ baddhvā tu sarveṣāṃ baṭūnāṃ ca nareśvara
ข้าแต่นเรศวร เทพนั้นด้วยความเร็วประหนึ่งลม ได้เข้าจับพวกเขาจากทุกด้าน; แล้วข้าแต่องค์ผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งมนุษย์ ก็ผูกภาระหนักไว้แก่ศิษย์บฏุทั้งปวง
Narrative speaker not explicit in excerpt (addressing a king: nareśvara)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Listener: Nṛpa (king)
Scene: A deva, like a rushing gale, encircles the fleeing students and seizes them from all sides; each boy is shown with a symbolic burden being bound upon him.
FAQs
Actions create binding consequences; dharma teaches that responsibility cannot be escaped when one violates a pledge.
The setting remains within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred narrative world, though this verse emphasizes the dramatic enforcement of conduct.
None explicitly; it describes punitive binding (bhāra-baddha) as part of the story’s vow-related consequence.