Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 77
याति मज्जेदधौ पंके गोमये वा न जीवति । केशांगारैस्तथा भस्मभुजंगैर्निजलां नदीम्
yāti majjedadhau paṃke gomaye vā na jīvati | keśāṃgāraistathā bhasmabhujaṃgairnijalāṃ nadīm
যদি স্বপ্নে মানুষ দই, কাদা বা গোবরের মধ্যে গিয়ে ডুবে যায়, তবে সে বাঁচে না। আর যদি এমন নদী দেখে যার জল জল নয়—চুল, অঙ্গার ও ভস্মসাপ দিয়ে পূর্ণ—তাও মৃত্যুলক্ষণ।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration style)
Scene: A nightmare sequence: the dreamer sinks into curd, mire, or cow-dung; then beholds a river whose ‘water’ is hair, glowing embers, and ash-formed serpents—an anti-sacred river vision.
FAQs
Dreams reflecting impurity, inversion of nature, and dread imagery are presented as warnings—encouraging vigilance, repentance, and renewed dharmic living.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it belongs to a broader Purāṇic discussion of omens (ariṣṭa).
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse functions as a diagnostic omen-description rather than a vrata or dāna instruction.