Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53
जागेश्वरसमोपेतां स कन्थां व्याक्षिपत्क्षितौ । पुरीषोत्सर्गकार्येण ततस्तोकांतरं गतः
jāgeśvarasamopetāṃ sa kanthāṃ vyākṣipatkṣitau | purīṣotsargakāryeṇa tatastokāṃtaraṃ gataḥ
اس نے جاگیشور سے منسوب وہ چادر زمین پر پھینک دی۔ پھر قضائے حاجت کے بہانے وہ تھوڑا سا فاصلے پر چلا گیا۔
Sūta (by narrative flow)
Tirtha: Murala (context) / Jāgeśvara (associated)
Type: kshetra
Scene: An ascetic throws a cloak marked by Jāgeśvara’s association onto the ground; he then walks away behind shrubs under the pretext of relieving himself, leaving the disciple and the cloak in a moment of uneasy suspense.
FAQs
Objects linked to sacred names and places invite heightened responsibility; the story signals an impending breach of ethics.
Jāgeśvara is referenced (likely a Śaiva sacred locus), while the immediate scene remains within the Murala tirtha setting.
None; the mention of ‘purīṣotsarga’ is purely narrative, not ritual.
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