Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29
विचिक्षेप शरं तत्र यत्र ते बहवो मृगाः । तेषां मध्ये स वै विद्ध ऋक्षशृङ्गो महातपाः
vicikṣepa śaraṃ tatra yatra te bahavo mṛgāḥ | teṣāṃ madhye sa vai viddha ṛkṣaśṛṅgo mahātapāḥ
اس نے وہاں تیر چلایا جہاں بہت سے ہرن تھے، مگر ان کے بیچ ہی مہاتپسی رِکشَشْرِنگ تیر سے زخمی ہو گیا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Revā region (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience
Scene: An arrow flies into the deer herd but strikes Ṛkṣaśṛṅga, the great ascetic, standing among them—an abrupt, tragic revelation.
FAQs
Careless violence rebounds as grave fault when it harms the innocent—especially a tapasvin; dharma demands restraint and clarity.
The episode is situated within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred setting; no specific named tīrtha appears in this verse.
None; it narrates the accidental injury.