Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
अगम्यं मनसा तेषां प्रविष्टा वरुणालयम् । शस्त्रैश्च क्षतसर्वांगा हतनाथाः सुदुःखिताः
agamyaṃ manasā teṣāṃ praviṣṭā varuṇālayam | śastraiśca kṣatasarvāṃgā hatanāthāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ
فوق ما تبلغه خواطرهم دخلوا إلى دار الإله فارونا؛ وقد جُرِحت أجسادهم كلها بالسلاح، وقُتِل قادتهم، فغمرهم حزنٌ عظيم.
Narrator (implied Purāṇic narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya frame)
Tirtha: Varuṇālaya (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Defeated Dānavas, bodies scarred and armor broken, limp toward a vast oceanic palace—Varuṇa’s abode—gleaming with watery blues and pearl-like light; their faces show grief and shock at the unimaginable turn.
FAQs
Adharma leads to suffering and disorientation; when protectors fall, refuge itself becomes uncertain and painful.
The verse references Varuṇa’s realm (Varuṇālaya) as a cosmological location; it does not explicitly name a terrestrial tīrtha here.
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