आनासाग्रशिखाग्राभ्यां चिरं चैवावलोकितः । ततोऽहसत्स सहसा तं मृकण्डो ह्यलक्षयत्
ānāsāgraśikhāgrābhyāṃ ciraṃ caivāvalokitaḥ | tato'hasatsa sahasā taṃ mṛkaṇḍo hyalakṣayat
اس نے ناک کی نوک سے لے کر سر کی چوٹی تک دیر تک غور سے دیکھا۔ پھر وہ یکایک ہنس پڑا؛ اور مرکنڈو نے اسے بھانپ لیا۔
Pulastya (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Arbuda (sectional locus) within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa’s tīrtha network
Type: kshetra
Scene: The brāhmaṇa carefully examines the child’s features from nose-tip to crown, then laughs suddenly; Mṛkaṇḍu watches, alarmed, sensing hidden meaning.
Even auspicious appearances can conceal karmic limits; discernment invites humility and spiritual urgency.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the hermitage narrative frame.
None.