Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
तेन दृष्टस्ततो दूरान्निषादात्मसमुद्भवः । विष्णोः पदं मृगं मत्वा शरं तस्य मुमोच ह
tena dṛṣṭastato dūrānniṣādātmasamudbhavaḥ | viṣṇoḥ padaṃ mṛgaṃ matvā śaraṃ tasya mumoca ha
เขาเห็นจากที่ไกล—ผู้เกิดจากสันดานนิษาทนั้น—ครั้นสำคัญพระบาทของพระวิษณุว่าเป็นกวาง จึงปล่อยศรไปยังพระองค์
Unspecified in snippet; continuing narrator.
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: From a distance, Jarā sights a form partly concealed; seeing only the foot, he imagines a deer and releases an arrow across the coastal air toward the resting Lord.
FAQs
Ignorance can cause grave harm, yet Purāṇic tradition frames even such moments within divine līlā and cosmic completion.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, the setting of the famed Jarā-and-arrow episode.
None; it narrates the mistaken act of shooting the arrow.