Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12
स एकदा कतिपयैर्भृत्यैर्युक्तो महाबलः । जगाम मृगयाहेतोर्बहु सत्त्वान्वितं वनम्
sa ekadā katipayairbhṛtyairyukto mahābalaḥ | jagāma mṛgayāhetorbahu sattvānvitaṃ vanam
ایک بار وہ نہایت زورآور چند خادموں کے ساتھ شکار کی غرض سے ایسے جنگل میں گیا جو بےشمار جانداروں سے بھرا ہوا تھا۔
Narrator (contextual purāṇic voice; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Scene: Prince Siṃhaketu rides with a small retinue into a dense forest; deer and birds scatter; shafts of light hint at a hidden, ruined shrine ahead.
FAQs
A worldly act becomes the doorway to grace; Purāṇic stories often begin with ordinary events leading to sacred discovery.
Not specified; the forest setting prepares for a later revelation connected to Śiva worship.
None; it narrates travel into the forest for hunting.