Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12
स एकदा कतिपयैर्भृत्यैर्युक्तो महाबलः । जगाम मृगयाहेतोर्बहु सत्त्वान्वितं वनम्
sa ekadā katipayairbhṛtyairyukto mahābalaḥ | jagāma mṛgayāhetorbahu sattvānvitaṃ vanam
Một lần kia, vị dũng lực ấy cùng vài người hầu cận đi vào khu rừng đầy muôn loài sinh vật, với mục đích săn bắn.
Narrator (contextual purāṇic voice; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Scene: Prince Siṃhaketu rides with a small retinue into a dense forest; deer and birds scatter; shafts of light hint at a hidden, ruined shrine ahead.
FAQs
A worldly act becomes the doorway to grace; Purāṇic stories often begin with ordinary events leading to sacred discovery.
Not specified; the forest setting prepares for a later revelation connected to Śiva worship.
None; it narrates travel into the forest for hunting.