Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
ततः कृष्णाजिने बद्ध्वा कुण्डले न्यस्य भूतले । आरुरोह फलाकांक्षी स मुनिः क्षुधयाऽन्वितः
tataḥ kṛṣṇājine baddhvā kuṇḍale nyasya bhūtale | āruroha phalākāṃkṣī sa muniḥ kṣudhayā'nvitaḥ
แล้วเขาผูกตุ้มหูไว้กับหนังเนื้อดำ และวางลงบนพื้นดิน ฤๅษีผู้นั้นปรารถนาผลไม้และถูกความหิวบีบคั้น จึงปีนขึ้นไป
Vasiṣṭha (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Uttaṅka wraps the earrings in a black antelope skin, places them on the earth, and climbs the bilva tree, his body tense with hunger; the earrings glint on the ground below.
FAQs
When the mind is pressured by hunger or distraction, one must protect entrusted duties; negligence invites loss.
No direct tīrtha glorification appears; the focus is the moral tension in the narrative.
None; it describes an ascetic’s practical action while traveling.