Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
मद्बाणगोचरं प्राप्तो न जीवत्यपि कर्हिचित् । कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य भ्रममाणो महीतले
madbāṇagocaraṃ prāpto na jīvatyapi karhicit | kasyacittvatha kālasya bhramamāṇo mahītale
สิ่งใดก็ตามที่ตกอยู่ในระยะลูกศรของข้าพเจ้า ย่อมไม่รอดชีวิตเลย ครั้นกาลล่วงไปบ้าง ข้าพเจ้าก็พเนจรไปบนพื้นพิภพ
Unspecified narrator (continuing the same voice as prior verse)
Listener: dvija-sattama (addressed)
Scene: A stark tableau: the hunter’s arrow-flight and fallen prey, then a transition panel showing him wandering under a vast sky, suggesting karmic drift toward a destined meeting.
FAQs
It highlights a life rooted in violence, preparing the moral contrast for later dharmic instruction and purification through sacred rites.
Not named in this half-narrative; the chapter’s tīrtha framework becomes explicit in subsequent verses.
None directly; it continues the autobiographical setup.