Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24
एवमुक्तेऽथ ऋक्षेण सिंहस्तूष्णीमभूत्तदा । धर्मगुप्ते प्रबुद्धे तु ऋक्षः सुष्वाप भूरुहे
evamukte'tha ṛkṣeṇa siṃhastūṣṇīmabhūttadā | dharmagupte prabuddhe tu ṛkṣaḥ suṣvāpa bhūruhe
ครั้นหมีกล่าวดังนี้แล้ว สิงห์ก็เงียบลงในบัดนั้น และเมื่อธรรมคุปตะตื่นขึ้น หมีนั้นก็นอนหลับอยู่บนต้นไม้
Narrator (within Setukhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Scene: A moonlit forest tableau: the lion silent, the king Dharmagupta awakening, and the bear curling to sleep on a tree branch—stillness charged with impending danger.
FAQs
Dharma-teachings unfold through lived situations: silence, awakening, and the next act set the stage for moral testing.
Setukhaṇḍa situates the episode in the Setu sacred milieu, where stories function as dharma-instruction for pilgrims.
None in this verse; it is a narrative transition.