Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 17
एकहस्तास्त्रिहस्ताश्च पंचहस्तास्त्वहस्तकाः । अपादा बहुपादाश्च बहुकर्णैककर्णकाः
ekahastāstrihastāśca paṃcahastāstvahastakāḥ | apādā bahupādāśca bahukarṇaikakarṇakāḥ
Some were one-armed, some three-armed, some five-armed, and some armless. Some were without feet, some had many feet, and some had many ears—or only a single ear.
Narrator (context not specified in snippet; likely a purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: A surreal anatomical panorama: one-armed, three-armed, five-armed, armless figures; footless and many-footed beings; some with many ears, some with a single ear—arrayed like a moving tapestry of altered bodies.
FAQs
The sacred narrative teaches reverence for the vastness of creation—divine order operates through countless, unimaginable forms.
No specific tīrtha is referenced in this verse.
None.