Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 56
गणिकार्थमुपादाय धावमानो गृहं प्रति । तदा प्रस्खलितो भूमौ निपपात च तत्क्षणात्
gaṇikārthamupādāya dhāvamāno gṛhaṃ prati | tadā praskhalito bhūmau nipapāta ca tatkṣaṇāt
เขาหอบของเหล่านั้นไปเพื่อหญิงคณิกา แล้ววิ่งไปยังเรือนของนาง; ครั้นแล้วก็ลื่นล้มลงกับพื้นในบัดดลนั้นเอง
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), speaking to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (implied)
Scene: A man running with a bundle of perfumes and flowers slips on a dusty path and falls; offerings scatter across the ground, foreshadowing a spiritual reversal.
FAQs
A sudden reversal can become the doorway to reflection; karmic consequences often interrupt adharma.
The narrative unfolds within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra-oriented teaching frame.
None; it describes the precipitating event (a fall) that leads to inner change.