अथ सर्पाकृतिं मां च दुःखेन महतान्वितम् । तटस्थं भयसंत्रस्तं तथा सर्वजनं तदा
atha sarpākṛtiṃ māṃ ca duḥkhena mahatānvitam | taṭasthaṃ bhayasaṃtrastaṃ tathā sarvajanaṃ tadā
Dann (sah er) mich in Schlangengestalt, von großem Kummer überwältigt, abseits stehend und vor Furcht erschüttert; und ebenso war damals die ganze Menge entsetzt.
Narrator
Scene: A sorrow-stricken being appears in serpent-form, standing aside in fear, while the gathered people recoil in terror.
Adharmic outcomes affect not only the doer but also the community, becoming a cautionary spectacle that reinforces dharma.
Not specified in this verse; the tīrtha setting is implicit from the Tīrthamāhātmya section.
None; the verse is descriptive of the fearful scene.