Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
एकनेत्रा द्विनेत्राश्च त्रिनेत्राश्च तथापराः । काश्चिद्गजसमारूढा हयारूढास्तथापराः
ekanetrā dvinetrāśca trinetrāśca tathāparāḥ | kāścidgajasamārūḍhā hayārūḍhāstathāparāḥ
Some were one-eyed, some two-eyed, and others three-eyed. Some were mounted upon elephants, and others were mounted upon horses.
Unspecified (narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A shifting crowd of beings: some cyclopean, some normal-eyed, some three-eyed; a few ride elephants with caparisons, others ride horses, forming a surreal cavalcade near a sacred path or water-edge.
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The verse reinforces the majesty and strangeness that can accompany holy regions, encouraging courage and steadfastness in righteous conduct.
The shloka is part of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 88); the exact tīrtha is not identified in this line.
No ritual instruction is given here.
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