Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59
एतस्मिन्नंतरे सोऽथ वधकानां समर्पितः । तं वृक्षं नीयमानस्तु श्लोकानेतांस्तदापठत्
etasminnaṃtare so'tha vadhakānāṃ samarpitaḥ | taṃ vṛkṣaṃ nīyamānastu ślokānetāṃstadāpaṭhat
اسی اثنا میں اسے جلادوں کے سپرد کر دیا گیا؛ اور جب اسے اس درخت کی طرف لے جایا جا رہا تھا تو اس نے اسی وقت یہ اشلوک پڑھے۔
Narrator (speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: वधक (executioners) अपराधी को पकड़कर वृक्ष की ओर ले जा रहे हैं; वह चलते-चलते श्लोकों का पाठ करता है—चेहरे पर भय, पर वाणी में तीखापन।
FAQs
At the edge of consequence, speech becomes revelation—actions mature into karma, and the mind exposes its tendencies.
Not identified in this verse; it is part of a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter’s storyline.
None; it introduces a set of didactic verses to be spoken.
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