Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
मृगवक्त्रा तु या नारी मृगैः कतिपयैः सह । प्लवमाना निपतिता वागुरायां विचेतना
mṛgavaktrā tu yā nārī mṛgaiḥ katipayaiḥ saha | plavamānā nipatitā vāgurāyāṃ vicetanā
แต่สตรีผู้มีพักตร์ดุจกวางนั้น พร้อมกวางอีกไม่กี่ตัว กระโจนแล้วพลัดตกลงในตาข่าย จนหมดสติไป
Unspecified (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A deer-faced woman leaps with a few deer; a hunter’s net (vāgurā) catches them; she collapses unconscious, hair and garments tangled, forest floor strewn with leaves.
FAQs
The sudden capture suggests unseen karmic forces at work, inviting reflection on causality and compassion within dharma.
Vastrāpathakṣetra, where extraordinary events become vehicles for teaching.
None; the verse is narrative, describing the moment of capture.