Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
तत्रापि च स्थितः कश्चित्पुरुषः कांडकारकः । ऋजुकर्मणि संयुक्तः शराणां नतपर्वणाम्
tatrāpi ca sthitaḥ kaścitpuruṣaḥ kāṃḍakārakaḥ | ṛjukarmaṇi saṃyuktaḥ śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām
وہاں ایک شخص بھی کھڑا تھا، جو تیر کے ڈنڈے بنانے والا تھا؛ وہ نہایت احتیاط سے کام میں لگا ہوا تھا اور خم دار جوڑ والے تیروں کو تیار کر رہا تھا۔
Narrator (a seeker within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative; exact speaker not specified in the snippet)
Listener: Dvijas (implied)
Scene: A shaft-maker stands near the hut, intent on shaping arrow-shafts; tools, reeds/wooden dowels, and partially finished arrows with bent joints are visible; his posture is steady and absorbed.
FAQs
Steady, attentive action—even in ordinary work—can reflect inner discipline valued in dharma narratives.
No named tīrtha is stated; the scene is set near a hermitage within the chapter’s sacred-travel context.
None; it describes an occupational act (craft-work) rather than a rite.