Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
कूर्मकुक्कुटसर्पादिसमारूढाः सहस्रशः । प्रकुर्वंत्यो रुदन्त्यश्च गायन्त्यश्च तथा पराः । नृत्यंत्यश्च हसंत्यश्च क्रीडासक्ताः परस्परम्
kūrmakukkuṭasarpādisamārūḍhāḥ sahasraśaḥ | prakurvaṃtyo rudantyaśca gāyantyaśca tathā parāḥ | nṛtyaṃtyaśca hasaṃtyaśca krīḍāsaktāḥ parasparam
Zu Tausenden waren sie auf Schildkröten, Hähnen, Schlangen und dergleichen aufgesessen. Einige tobten in wildem Tun, andere weinten, und wieder andere sangen. Einige tanzten und lachten, ganz versunken im Spiel miteinander.
Unspecified (narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A teeming multitude ‘by the thousands’ on tortoises, roosters, serpents; some wail, some sing, some dance, some laugh—interlaced gestures creating a swirling, noisy tableau near a sacred boundary.
FAQs
The scene suggests the sacred realm’s intensity—joy, grief, song, and frenzy—prompting the seeker to remain anchored in righteous awareness.
The passage belongs to the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the particular tīrtha is not stated in this verse.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse is narrative description.