Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
क्षुधितस्तृषितः सोथ श्येनेन बलिना धृतः । चरणेन दृढेनाशु चंच्वा सापि धृता खगी
kṣudhitastṛṣitaḥ sotha śyenena balinā dhṛtaḥ | caraṇena dṛḍhenāśu caṃcvā sāpi dhṛtā khagī
ครั้นนกนั้นหิวและกระหาย ก็ถูกเหยี่ยวผู้มีกำลังฉวยจับไว้; และนกตัวเมียก็ถูกยึดตรึงโดยฉีกด้วยกรงเล็บอันมั่นคง และคาบไว้ด้วยจะงอยปากโดยฉับพลัน
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame typical) / internal interlocutors (contextual)
Scene: A powerful hawk pins a pair of small birds—one trapped under its claw, the other clutched in its beak—capturing the instant of helplessness and impending fate.
FAQs
Even in distress, awareness and timely action become the doorway to protection; dharma often begins as presence of mind in crisis.
This verse is part of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse (Kāśī/Varanasi framework), though the line itself is a narrative episode rather than direct tīrtha-praise.
None in this verse; it is narrative description setting up a moral illustration.