Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 101
स्थातुं तत्र न शक्तास्ते विभीषणभयेन च । पृथिव्यां समनुप्राप्ताः स्थानान्यपि बहूनि च
sthātuṃ tatra na śaktāste vibhīṣaṇabhayena ca | pṛthivyāṃ samanuprāptāḥ sthānānyapi bahūni ca
Dort konnten sie nicht verweilen, und aus Furcht vor Vibhīṣaṇa stiegen sie zur Erde herab und gelangten auch an viele andere Orte.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A commanding figure symbolizing Vibhīṣaṇa’s righteous fear drives impostors from a sacred center; they descend to earth and scatter to many settlements.
FAQs
When one lives in fear born of wrongdoing, one cannot remain settled; inner disorder produces outer wandering.
No particular tīrtha is identified in this verse; it sets up movement across places within the māhātmya narrative.
None.