Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37
सर्वं किंशुकपर्णाभं प्रज्वलच्चैव दृश्यते । गृहाद्गृहं तदा गन्तुं नैव धूमेन शक्यते
sarvaṃ kiṃśukaparṇābhaṃ prajvalaccaiva dṛśyate | gṛhādgṛhaṃ tadā gantuṃ naiva dhūmena śakyate
Todo parecía arder, rojo como las hojas del árbol kiṃśuka. Entonces, por el humo, ni siquiera era posible ir de casa en casa.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya-khaṇḍa narrative style)
Scene: A city turned uniformly crimson like kiṃśuka blossoms; thick smoke forms walls between houses; silhouettes of people grope and stumble, unable to see paths.
FAQs
When destruction born of adharma ripens, confusion and helplessness spread; only refuge in the divine can transcend such suffocation.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Tripura-dāha narration within the Revā-khaṇḍa.
None.