Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42
मध्येऽथ दंडकारण्यं क्षुत्क्षामः संगवर्जितः । व्याघ्रेण घातितस्तत्र नरमांसप्रियेण सः
madhye'tha daṃḍakāraṇyaṃ kṣutkṣāmaḥ saṃgavarjitaḥ | vyāghreṇa ghātitastatra naramāṃsapriyeṇa saḥ
راستے میں دندک جنگل کے بیچ، بھوک سے نڈھال اور بےسہارا، وہیں ایک ایسے شیر کے ہاتھوں مارا گیا جو انسانی گوشت کا شوقین تھا۔
Maheśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Daṇḍakāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viṣṇu
Scene: In dense forest, a starving lone man is attacked by a fierce tiger; dramatic chiaroscuro, motion and terror, emphasizing the suddenness of death in wilderness.
FAQs
Isolation, hunger, and violent death are portrayed as the grim fruit of a life unmoored from dharma and daily sacred discipline.
Daṇḍakāraṇya is the named locale; it is not praised here as a tīrtha but used as the setting for karmic consequence.
None; the verse narrates the circumstance of death.