Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
दानवाश्च समाजग्मुर्ये तत्रासन्पुरोगताः । पातालाद्गिरिदुर्गाच्च स्थलदुर्गेभ्य एव च । कृतवैराः समं देवैः कोपेन महता वृताः
dānavāśca samājagmurye tatrāsanpurogatāḥ | pātālādgiridurgācca sthaladurgebhya eva ca | kṛtavairāḥ samaṃ devaiḥ kopena mahatā vṛtāḥ
Da versammelten sich die Dānavas—jene, die dort an der Spitze standen—aus Pātāla, aus Bergfestungen und aus den Bollwerken der Ebene herbeigekommen. Da sie seit langem Feindschaft gegen die Devas hegten, waren sie von großem Zorn umhüllt.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in the provided excerpt)
Scene: A vast mustering of Dānavas from subterranean Pātāla, rugged mountain forts, and walled plains; banners and weapons; faces dark with wrath; looming fort silhouettes and cavern mouths.
FAQs
Sustained hostility (vaira) fuels collective anger and escalates violence; dharma warns against nurturing enmity as a way of life.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides narrative background within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
None; the verse is descriptive of mobilization and anger.