Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
एवं तस्या हसंत्याश्च वक्त्रान्तादथ निर्ययुः । पुलिंदाः शबरा म्लेछास्तथान्येऽरण्यवासिनः
evaṃ tasyā hasaṃtyāśca vaktrāntādatha niryayuḥ | puliṃdāḥ śabarā mlechāstathānye'raṇyavāsinaḥ
এভাবে দেবী হাসতে থাকলে, তখন তাঁর মুখগহ্বর থেকে পুলিন্দ, শবর, ম্লেচ্ছ এবং অন্যান্য অরণ্যবাসীরা বেরিয়ে এল।
Narrator (Purāṇic narration within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: From the laughing mouth of the Goddess emerge groups—Pulindas, Śabaras, Mlecchas, and other forest-dwellers—streaming forth as if born of sound and breath.
FAQs
All groups and regions are ultimately within the scope of the Divine; Purāṇic narrative often portrays vast, inclusive cosmic forces mobilized to restore order.
Not specified in this verse; it is part of a larger tīrtha-māhātmya episode.
None.
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