Skandapurana 7.4.52_146

7.4.52_146

sanatkumāra uvāca
āsīdvasiṣṭhakulajo brāhmaṇassatyavāk śuciḥ2 .
tīrthayātrāsvabhirata3 upavāsaparāyaṇaḥ ..3 . .
sa kadācidvideśastho vane paśyan pathi sthitam .
vyāghraṃ vyāttānanaṃ ghoraṃ nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhaṃ tadā4 ..4..

Sanatkumāra said:
There was a brahmin born of the lineage of Vasiṣṭha, truthful of speech, pure,
devoted to pilgrimages to sacred fords, and dedicated to fasting.
Once, when he was in a foreign land, he saw in a forest, standing on the path,
a tiger with its mouth wide open, terrible, bearing claws and fangs as weapons. // 3–4