अथापश्यन्मृतं तत्र सारमेयं चिरोषितम् । संशुष्कं गन्धनिर्मुक्तं गृहप्रांते व्यवस्थितम्
athāpaśyanmṛtaṃ tatra sārameyaṃ ciroṣitam | saṃśuṣkaṃ gandhanirmuktaṃ gṛhaprāṃte vyavasthitam
وہاں انہوں نے ایک مردہ کتا دیکھا جو طویل عرصے سے وہاں پڑا تھا—مکمل طور پر سوکھ چکا تھا، بدبو سے پاک تھا اور گھر کے کنارے پر پڑا تھا۔
Skanda (deduced; Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Scene: A dried carcass of a dog at the house’s edge; the sage’s gaze fixes on it with reluctant resolve; the air is still, the earlier stench absent.
The Purāṇa portrays hunger as a severe trial that forces difficult choices, setting the stage for reflection on dharma, compassion, and the limits of the body.
No tīrtha is named here; it is part of the chapter’s narrative arc leading to tīrtha-centered resolution elsewhere.
None.