Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 199
म्रियमाणो मया ह्येष समानी तस्तवांतिकम् । अयं जीवति विज्ञात इंद्रद्युम्ने नरेश्वरे । नो चेत्प्रविशति क्षिप्रं प्रदीप्तं हव्यवाहनम्
mriyamāṇo mayā hyeṣa samānī tastavāṃtikam | ayaṃ jīvati vijñāta iṃdradyumne nareśvare | no cetpraviśati kṣipraṃ pradīptaṃ havyavāhanam
«فهذا قد جئتُ به إلى حضرتك وهو في سكرات الموت. وقد تبيّن أنه لا يعيش إلا ما دام الملك إندراديومنَ معروفًا. وإلا فإنه سيدخل سريعًا في النار المتّقدة.»
Ulūka
Scene: A tense moment: a weakened creature (implied ‘this one’) is presented before an elder bird/speaker; in the background, a stylized blazing fire looms as a symbolic threat, while the name ‘Indradyumna’ hangs like a lifeline.
FAQs
Human life is urgent and fragile; one should seek dharmic truth and sacred knowledge before time runs out.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it intensifies the pilgrimage narrative around Gandhamādana and the Indradyumna inquiry.
No rite is prescribed; the verse references entering fire (Agni) as a consequence, not as a recommended ritual.