Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29
भयान्मां भाषसे चैवं नास्ति प्राणसमं भयम् । तस्मात्प्राणभयान्न त्वमागमिष्यसि धेनुके
bhayānmāṃ bhāṣase caivaṃ nāsti prāṇasamaṃ bhayam | tasmātprāṇabhayānna tvamāgamiṣyasi dhenuke
“Ganyan ang pananalita mo sa akin dahil sa takot; walang takot na hihigit sa takot sa sariling buhay. Kaya dahil sa takot sa buhay mo, hindi ka na babalik, O baka.”
Vyāghra (Tiger)
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close focus on the tiger’s assertive speech: he gestures as if stating a maxim about fear; Kapilā appears small yet composed, the forest shadows suggesting mortality’s presence.
FAQs
It highlights the strongest human/animal instinct—self-preservation—and sets up the higher dharma of keeping one’s pledged word despite fear.
No tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse; it belongs to the Arbuda narrative within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
None; the verse is ethical reasoning within a story.