Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
निराहारस्य मूकस्य साहारस्य पशोस्तथा
nirāhārasya mūkasya sāhārasya paśostathā
—اس گونگے کے (پُنیہ) کا جو بے غذا تھا، اور اسی طرح اس جانور کا بھی جو خوراک پا چکا تھا—
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A quiet close-up: the mute fasting person (or silent figure) and the well-fed animal beside him, both within the sacred precinct; the contrast suggests different states yet equal inclusion under the kṣetra’s sanctity.
FAQs
The narrative contrasts conditions like fasting and ordinary feeding to highlight that tīrtha-merit can touch varied beings and states.
The verse is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya account of a powerful tīrtha (not named in this fragment).
No direct prescription; it alludes to states associated with vrata practice (nirāhāra/mauna) in the surrounding narrative.