Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
ततः कृष्णाजिने बद्ध्वा कुण्डले न्यस्य भूतले । आरुरोह फलाकांक्षी स मुनिः क्षुधयाऽन्वितः
tataḥ kṛṣṇājine baddhvā kuṇḍale nyasya bhūtale | āruroha phalākāṃkṣī sa muniḥ kṣudhayā'nvitaḥ
پھر اس نے سیاہ ہرن کی کھال میں کُنڈل باندھ کر انہیں زمین پر رکھ دیا۔ پھل کی خواہش اور بھوک کے دباؤ میں وہ مُنی درخت پر چڑھ گیا۔
Vasiṣṭha (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Uttaṅka wraps the earrings in a black antelope skin, places them on the earth, and climbs the bilva tree, his body tense with hunger; the earrings glint on the ground below.
FAQs
When the mind is pressured by hunger or distraction, one must protect entrusted duties; negligence invites loss.
No direct tīrtha glorification appears; the focus is the moral tension in the narrative.
None; it describes an ascetic’s practical action while traveling.