Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
अथ प्राप्तः क्रमात्सर्वैः स गच्छन्मरुमंडल म् । वृक्षोदकपरित्यक्तं सर्वसत्त्वविवर्जितम्
atha prāptaḥ kramātsarvaiḥ sa gacchanmarumaṃḍala m | vṛkṣodakaparityaktaṃ sarvasattvavivarjitam
তারপর তারা সকলে ক্রমে ক্রমে অগ্রসর হতে হতে সে এক মরুমণ্ডলে পৌঁছাল—যেখানে বৃক্ষ ও জল পরিত্যক্ত, এবং সর্বপ্রাণীশূন্য।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) — inferred for Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrthamāhātmya narration
Scene: A caravan moving step by step into a treeless, waterless desert expanse; heat-haze, cracked earth, distant dunes; figures small against the vastness.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha narratives often place devotees in hardship to reveal the hidden protection of accrued merit (puṇya).
Indirectly Ānarteśvara-tīrtha; the desert scene functions as contrast to the life-giving sacred waters previously praised.
None; it describes the harsh, waterless terrain.