Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 89
वल्मीकान्केचिदासाद्य चित्ररंध्रांतरोद्भवान् । अन्ये चापि प्रजग्मुश्च पातालं दंदशूककाः
valmīkānkecidāsādya citraraṃdhrāṃtarodbhavān | anye cāpi prajagmuśca pātālaṃ daṃdaśūkakāḥ
Einige Schlangen stürzten in Ameisenhügel mit seltsamen inneren Gängen; andere, die kriechenden Schlangen, stiegen hinab nach Pātāla, in die Unterwelt.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa to sages)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Serpents scatter in terror: some vanish into tall anthills riddled with winding inner tunnels; others slip into dark fissures leading to Pātāla, with dust and broken earth swirling around.
FAQs
When sacred power manifests, harmful forces retreat to their own domains, illustrating the restoration of dharmic order in a tīrtha.
The verse continues the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra episode within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.
No direct ritual is stated; it narrates the result of the mantra’s potency—clearing the sacred region of danger.