Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39
अथोत्तंकः फलाहारी अवतीर्य धरातले । सर्वतोऽन्वेषयामास वेगेन महता वृतः
athottaṃkaḥ phalāhārī avatīrya dharātale | sarvato'nveṣayāmāsa vegena mahatā vṛtaḥ
Bấy giờ Uttaṅka, sau khi dùng trái cây làm thực phẩm, liền xuống mặt đất và vội vã tìm kiếm khắp nơi, lòng bị thúc bách bởi sự khẩn thiết lớn lao.
Vasiṣṭha (narration)
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Uttaṅka, ascetic and fruit-fed, descends from a higher path to the open ground, scanning all directions with haste, garments and hair stirred by motion, eyes fixed on an unseen quarry.
FAQs
When duty is endangered, one must act swiftly and wholeheartedly; remorse must become disciplined effort.
No particular tīrtha is praised in this verse; it continues the moral-narrative arc of the Arbuda Khaṇḍa.
None.