Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
कूर्मकुक्कुटसर्पादिसमारूढाः सहस्रशः । प्रकुर्वंत्यो रुदन्त्यश्च गायन्त्यश्च तथा पराः । नृत्यंत्यश्च हसंत्यश्च क्रीडासक्ताः परस्परम्
kūrmakukkuṭasarpādisamārūḍhāḥ sahasraśaḥ | prakurvaṃtyo rudantyaśca gāyantyaśca tathā parāḥ | nṛtyaṃtyaśca hasaṃtyaśca krīḍāsaktāḥ parasparam
কূৰ্ম, কুক্কুট, সাপ আদি ওপৰত সহস্ৰ সহস্ৰ আৰূঢ় হৈ—কিছুমান উন্মত্ত আচৰণ কৰিছিল, কিছুমান কান্দিছিল, আৰু আন কিছুমান গাইছিল। কিছুমান নাচিছিল আৰু হাঁহিছিল, পৰস্পৰে ক্ৰীড়াত মগ্ন আছিল।
Unspecified (narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A teeming multitude ‘by the thousands’ on tortoises, roosters, serpents; some wail, some sing, some dance, some laugh—interlaced gestures creating a swirling, noisy tableau near a sacred boundary.
FAQs
The scene suggests the sacred realm’s intensity—joy, grief, song, and frenzy—prompting the seeker to remain anchored in righteous awareness.
The passage belongs to the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the particular tīrtha is not stated in this verse.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse is narrative description.