Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
सा कदाचिद्धरापृष्ठे भ्रममाणा तृणाशया । पतिता दारुणे श्वभ्रे अगाधे तिमिरावृते
sā kadāciddharāpṛṣṭhe bhramamāṇā tṛṇāśayā | patitā dāruṇe śvabhre agādhe timirāvṛte
ایک بار زمین کی سطح پر گھاس کی تلاش میں بھٹکتے ہوئے وہ ایک ہولناک گڑھے میں جا گری—نہایت گہرا اور گھپ اندھیرے سے ڈھکا ہوا۔
Sūta
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A lone cow (Nandinī) wandering for grass slips into a deep, terrifying pit; the mouth of the pit is ringed with wild grasses and stones, while the interior is swallowed by darkness.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha-legends often begin with a crisis that reveals dharma, compassion, and divine intervention.
The verse is part of the Arbuda-māhātmya storyline; the event sets up the sanctifying acts to follow in the Arbuda region.
None; it is a narrative incident introducing the next sacred development.