Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
वामो बाहुश्च नेत्रं च मुहुः स्फुरति चास्य वै । न च पश्यति नासाग्रं जिह्वाग्रं च तथा हनुम्
vāmo bāhuśca netraṃ ca muhuḥ sphurati cāsya vai | na ca paśyati nāsāgraṃ jihvāgraṃ ca tathā hanum
Sein linker Arm und sein Auge zuckten immer wieder; und er konnte weder die Nasenspitze noch die Zungenspitze noch seinen Kiefer sehen.
Narrator (contextual, within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close-up of Indra: left arm twitching, eye quivering; his gaze turns inward in confusion as his vision blurs—he cannot perceive even the tip of his nose or tongue; attendants look worried, the atmosphere tight and foreboding.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives use bodily omens to warn of inner imbalance and impending consequences, urging one to seek wise counsel and return to dharma.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it serves the narrative build-up within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.
None; it lists ominous physical signs (nimittas) experienced by Indra.