Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
किंवा युध्यस्व दुर्बुद्धे किंवा निर्याहि मे गिरा । क्षुधाक्षीणो मृतः पश्चान्निरयं यास्यसि ध्रुवम्
kiṃvā yudhyasva durbuddhe kiṃvā niryāhi me girā | kṣudhākṣīṇo mṛtaḥ paścānnirayaṃ yāsyasi dhruvam
“Hoặc hãy giao chiến, hỡi kẻ ngu muội, hoặc hãy ra theo lệnh ta. Nếu về sau ngươi chết vì đói khát, kiệt quệ, thì chắc chắn sẽ rơi vào địa ngục.”
Śyena (hawk)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: The hawk issues a stark ultimatum—fight or surrender—while evoking the terror of hell for a death by cowardly hunger; the pigeon appears trapped between fear and duty.
FAQs
Inaction and fear can become spiritually ruinous; the verse frames cowardly death as leading to painful karmic consequence.
No specific tirtha is mentioned in this verse.
None; it is an ethical ultimatum within the story.