Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 40
तद्देवस्य वचः श्रुत्वा नष्टास्ते बटवो नृप । गुरोस्तु पश्यतो राजन्धावमाना दिशो दश
taddevasya vacaḥ śrutvā naṣṭāste baṭavo nṛpa | gurostu paśyato rājandhāvamānā diśo daśa
اے بادشاہ! دیو کے کلام کو سن کر وہ بٹو (شاگرد) غائب ہو گئے؛ اور گرو کے دیکھتے دیکھتے، اے حاکم، وہ دسوں سمتوں میں دوڑ پڑے۔
Narrative speaker not explicit in excerpt (addressing a king)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Listener: Nṛpa (king)
Scene: A guru watches as frightened brahmacārin boys scatter and vanish, running in all ten directions, as an unseen divine command reverberates in the air near a riverine hermitage.
FAQs
When conscience fails, fear arises; dharma is upheld by truthful commitment, not by fleeing consequences.
The verse continues the Narmadā-context narrative, though it focuses on the students’ reaction rather than praising a tirtha.
None; it narrates the immediate outcome of the announced vow-enforcement.