Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
धर्मराज उवाच । अन्यदेहे त्वया विप्र बालभावेन वर्तता । शूलाग्रेण सुतीक्ष्णेन काये विद्धो बकः क्षितौ
dharmarāja uvāca | anyadehe tvayā vipra bālabhāvena vartatā | śūlāgreṇa sutīkṣṇena kāye viddho bakaḥ kṣitau
دھرم راج نے کہا: اے برہمن، ایک دوسرے جسم میں (پچھلے جنم میں) جب تم بچگانہ غفلت میں تھے، تم نے ایک بگلے کے بدن کو نہایت تیز سولی کی نوک سے چھید دیا، اور وہ زمین پر گر پڑا۔
Dharmarāja (Yama)
Type: kshetra
Listener: vipra (Māṇḍavya)
Scene: Dharmarāja, dignified and impartial, narrates a flashback: a careless child pierces a crane on a sharp stake; the bird falls, foreshadowing mirrored suffering.
FAQs
Even seemingly minor harm done in ignorance can mature into suffering; Purāṇic dharma stresses accountability and non-violence.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it serves the moral narrative within the Tīrthamāhātmya framework.
None is stated here; the verse provides a karmic explanation rather than a ritual injunction.