Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 15
अनूरुरुवाच । अंडं तृतीयं मा भिंधि ह्यनिष्पन्नं ममेव हि । अस्मिन्नंडे भविष्यो यः स ते दास्यं हरिष्यति
anūruruvāca | aṃḍaṃ tṛtīyaṃ mā bhiṃdhi hyaniṣpannaṃ mameva hi | asminnaṃḍe bhaviṣyo yaḥ sa te dāsyaṃ hariṣyati
Sinabi ni Anūru: ‘Huwag mong basagin ang ikatlong itlog; ito’y tunay na akin, hindi pa nahuhubog. Ang isisilang mula sa itlog na ito—siya ang mag-aalis ng iyong pagkaalipin.’
Anūru (Aruṇa)
Listener: Primary interlocutor of Kāśīkhaṇḍa (not specified in excerpt)
Scene: Aruṇa instructs Vinata not to break the third egg; he gestures toward the remaining intact egg, which glows subtly, hinting at Garuḍa’s future power.
FAQs
Bondage has an appointed end when one aligns with right action and allows destiny’s dharmic agent to arise.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None; it is a prophetic instruction (do not break the third egg).