Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
अथ तेन क्वचिद्दृष्टं पदं तस्य पशोः स्फुटम् । अटव्यां भ्रममाणेन परिज्ञातं च कृत्स्नशः
atha tena kvaciddṛṣṭaṃ padaṃ tasya paśoḥ sphuṭam | aṭavyāṃ bhramamāṇena parijñātaṃ ca kṛtsnaśaḥ
پھر اس نے کہیں اس جانور کے قدموں کے نشان صاف دیکھ لیے؛ اور جنگل میں بھٹکتے ہوئے اس نے اس پگڈنڈی کو پوری طرح پہچان لیا۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced; narrative voice)
Tirtha: Cāmatkārapura environs (trail-marker locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-sattama (implied)
Scene: Close view of clear hoofprints on soft earth; the cowherd crouches, pointing or leaning in, then looks ahead as the trail becomes intelligible.
FAQs
Clarity arises through sustained effort; in māhātmya narratives, the ‘trail’ often leads to a sanctified place and transformation.
Not named in this verse; it continues the approach toward the tīrtha setting.
None.