Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 73
इतस्ततो भ्रमंति सा जालिमध्ये समंततः । निर्गंतुं नैव शक्नोति क्षुत्पिपासार्दिता शुभा
itastato bhramaṃti sā jālimadhye samaṃtataḥ | nirgaṃtuṃ naiva śaknoti kṣutpipāsārditā śubhā
وہ جالی کے بیچ ہر طرف اِدھر اُدھر بھٹکتی رہی؛ بھوک اور پیاس سے ستائی ہوئی وہ نیک بخت باہر نکلنے کا کوئی راستہ نہ پا سکی۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa style)
Tirtha: Staṃbha-tīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: Pārtha
Scene: The barkarī wanders in circles inside a dense, net-like thicket of creepers; her body shows fatigue, tongue parched, eyes pleading; no exit is visible.
FAQs
Karmic entanglement is portrayed as a ‘net’—without right guidance and grace, suffering and helplessness intensify.
The verse is part of the lead-up; the specific tīrtha is identified in the following verses as the Mahī–Sāgara-saṅgama (confluence).
None here; it narrates distress and inability to escape.