Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48
करे ग्रहीतुमारब्धाः स्वकरैर्हृष्टमानसाः । गजस्तान्करसंलग्नान्विचिक्षेप तपोधनान्
kare grahītumārabdhāḥ svakarairhṛṣṭamānasāḥ | gajastānkarasaṃlagnānvicikṣepa tapodhanān
دل میں خوش ہو کر وہ اپنے ہاتھوں سے اس کی سونڈ پکڑنے لگے؛ مگر ہاتھی نے سونڈ سے لپٹے ہوئے اُن تپسیوں کو جھٹک کر دور پھینک دیا۔
Sūta (contextual narrator) describing the sages’ encounter
Scene: A group of joyous ascetics rush to seize an elephant’s trunk; the elephant suddenly jerks and flings them aside, dust rising, palms swaying, expressions shifting from delight to shock.
FAQs
In tīrtha narratives, unexpected resistance tests pride and curiosity, preparing seekers for deeper revelation.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra; the episode unfolds near Kubera’s āśrama within the māhātmya.
None explicitly; the verse advances the sacred-place narrative toward a divine disclosure.