Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य लिखितस्याऽश्रमं ययौ । शंखः स्वादुफलार्थाय पीडितोतिबुभुक्षया
kasyacittvatha kālasya likhitasyā'śramaṃ yayau | śaṃkhaḥ svāduphalārthāya pīḍitotibubhukṣayā
پھر ایک وقت ایسا آیا کہ شنکھ شدید بھوک سے بے قرار ہو کر میٹھے پھلوں کی خاطر لکھِت کے آشرم کی طرف گیا۔
Brahmin sages
Tirtha: Śaṅkhatīrtha (incipient origin episode)
Type: tirtha
Listener: Rājā
Scene: Śaṅkha, lean from austerity, walks toward an ashram with fruit trees; his face shows strain from hunger; the hermitage appears as a place of refuge and impending instruction.
FAQs
Even under strong bodily pressure (hunger), dharma concerning others’ property and āśrama-boundaries becomes a crucial test.
Śaṅkhatīrtha indirectly—this is a narrative step leading to the tīrtha’s eventual fame and function.
None; it introduces the circumstance that will unfold into the tīrtha’s origin account.