Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
कदाचिन्महिषारूढः स प्रतस्थे दनोः सुतः । जाह्नवीतीरमासाद्य विनिघ्नञ्जलपक्षिणः
kadācinmahiṣārūḍhaḥ sa pratasthe danoḥ sutaḥ | jāhnavītīramāsādya vinighnañjalapakṣiṇaḥ
Einst brach jener Sohn der Danu, auf einem Büffel reitend, auf; als er das Ufer der Jahnavī erreichte, begann er dort die Wasservögel niederzuschlagen.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Tirtha: Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā) tīra
Type: ghat
Scene: Citrasama, son of Danu, riding a buffalo along the Jahnavī’s bank, striking down water-birds; the sacred river glows while birds scatter and fall, creating a stark contrast between holiness and cruelty.
FAQs
Violence committed at a sacred riverbank becomes an immediate cause for downfall in Purāṇic dharma.
The Jahnavī—Gaṅgā—whose banks are repeatedly treated as a major tīrtha-field in the Skanda Purāṇa.
None explicitly; the verse instead highlights adharma (harm to living beings) at a tīrtha.