Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42
सिंहान्व्याघ्रान्वृकांश्चैव हिंसानारण्यचारिणः । तथान्यानपि मध्याह्ने तेन मार्गेण संगतः
siṃhānvyāghrānvṛkāṃścaiva hiṃsānāraṇyacāriṇaḥ | tathānyānapi madhyāhne tena mārgeṇa saṃgataḥ
دوپہر کے وقت اسی راستے میں وہ جنگل میں پھرنے والے درندوں—شیروں، ببر شیروں اور بھیڑیوں—اور ایسے ہی دوسرے جانوروں سے بھی دوچار ہوا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context)
Scene: A sun-blazed midday forest path: the king and retinue move cautiously as lions, tigers, and wolves appear at the edges—eyes gleaming from thickets—creating a tense corridor toward the unseen holy water.
FAQs
The path to sanctity may pass through fear and hardship; perseverance leads to the refuge of the tīrtha and the guidance of sages.
The verse supports the approach-to-tīrtha atmosphere within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya, without naming the site in this line.
None; it is descriptive narrative setting up the king’s arrival at the waters.