Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30
अथानुसृत्य सहसा तीक्ष्णतुंडो विहंगमः । त्वां निहत्य निपात्याधो मांसमादाय जग्मिवान्
athānusṛtya sahasā tīkṣṇatuṃḍo vihaṃgamaḥ | tvāṃ nihatya nipātyādho māṃsamādāya jagmivān
پھر اچانک پیچھا کرتے ہوئے تیز چونچ والے پرندے نے تم پر جھپٹا؛ تمہیں مار کر زمین پر گرا دیا، اور گوشت اٹھا کر اڑ گیا۔
Narrator (contextual; continuing the account of death and karmic consequence)
Tirtha: Śrīgiri-Śivālaya precinct
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sudden swoop of a sharp-beaked bird strikes a person to the ground near a temple courtyard; the moment is frozen between violence and sacred setting—temple flagstaff and shrine silhouette in the background.
FAQs
Life is fragile; sudden death underscores the need to seek refuge in dharma and sacred practice without delay.
The verse continues the Śrīgiri/Śiva-temple setting implied by the surrounding passage.
No direct ritual is stated here; it narrates a death-event that frames the later spiritual outcome.