Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68
तस्य यत्नपरस्यापि रक्षमाणस्य भूपतेः । अजास्ता व्याघ्ररूपेण शंकरेण प्रभक्षिताः
tasya yatnaparasyāpi rakṣamāṇasya bhūpateḥ | ajāstā vyāghrarūpeṇa śaṃkareṇa prabhakṣitāḥ
اگرچہ بادشاہ نے بڑی کوشش سے ان کی حفاظت کی، پھر بھی شیر کی صورت اختیار کیے ہوئے شَنکر نے اُن بکریوں کو نگل لیا۔
Narrator
Type: kshetra
Scene: A vigilant king tries to shield a herd of goats; a tiger—actually Śaṅkara—springs from the brush and devours them as attendants recoil in fear.
FAQs
Puranic narratives often portray divine līlā as a test that reveals the depth of dharma—human effort may be overruled to fulfill a higher timing and purpose.
The immediate verse does not name a tīrtha; it supports the chapter’s broader tīrtha-māhātmya storyline through the exemplar of dharma under trial.
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