Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
शंखतूर्यनिनादेन सर्वैस्तैः स्वजनैर्वृतः । न कस्य तत्र संभूतो विकल्पस्तत्समुद्भवः
śaṃkhatūryaninādena sarvaistaiḥ svajanairvṛtaḥ | na kasya tatra saṃbhūto vikalpastatsamudbhavaḥ
وفي خضمّ دويّ الأصداف والأبواق، وهو محاطٌ بجميع خاصّته، لم يخطر ببال أحدٍ هناك شكٌّ ولا ريبةٌ ناشئةٌ عن ذلك الموقف.
Sūta (carried over from the opening of the adhyāya)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)
Scene: A jubilant entourage with conch-blowers and trumpeters surrounds Puṣpa; townspeople watch without suspicion; banners flutter as the group advances toward the mansion.
FAQs
It depicts social confidence and public ceremony—often a prelude in Purāṇic tales before a karmic reversal or dharmic revelation.
The narrative belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
None; it is descriptive, highlighting ceremonial sound (śaṅkha-tūrya) and public gathering.