Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
तत्र देवासुरे युद्धे मृता भूरिदिवौकसः । दानवाश्च महाराज परस्परजिगीषवः
tatra devāsure yuddhe mṛtā bhūridivaukasaḥ | dānavāśca mahārāja parasparajigīṣavaḥ
In jenem Krieg zwischen Devas und Asuras wurden viele Himmelsbewohner erschlagen; und auch die Dānavas, o großer König, fielen—da jede Seite die andere zu besiegen trachtete.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Dhārātīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A king (mahārāja)
Scene: A sweeping battlefield tableau: devas and dānavas fall in great numbers, each side intent on conquest; the narrator emphasizes the scale of death.
FAQs
Even celestial conflict is bound by karma and consequence; the Māhātmya context prepares the listener to understand how place (tīrtha) and manner of death shape one’s gati.
Dhārātīrtha is the implied sacred locus in this Adhyāya’s discussion, though the verse itself sets the battlefield context.
None in this verse; it introduces the narrative background for later tīrtha-phala teaching.