Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 61
गृहीतं घातिनैकेन चाकाशात्पतितं तदा । तं मांसभक्षणं दृष्ट्वा परे पक्षिण आगताः
gṛhītaṃ ghātinaikena cākāśātpatitaṃ tadā | taṃ māṃsabhakṣaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā pare pakṣiṇa āgatāḥ
پھر ایک شکاری پرندے نے اسے پکڑ لیا، اور وہ آسمان سے نیچے گر پڑا؛ گوشت خوری کے اس عمل کو دیکھ کر، دوسرے پرندے بھی آ گئے۔
A princess/maiden recounting her former-life account to a king (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) context
Type: river
Scene: A raptor-like predator clutches a sinew-covered bone fragment, then it slips and falls from the sky; below, birds wheel in, drawn by the sight of flesh-eating; the moment is frozen mid-air.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha narratives often show how even chaotic natural events become instruments leading beings toward a sanctifying encounter with a sacred place.
The Revā/Narmadā waters near Hanūmanteśvara, where the falling remnant will soon land.
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