Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45
अथान्ये दानवास्तत्र दह्यन्तेऽग्निविमोहिताः । न शक्ताश्चान्यतो गन्तुं धूमेनाकुलिताननाः । हंसकारण्डवाकीर्णा नलिन्यो हेमपङ्कजाः
athānye dānavāstatra dahyante'gnivimohitāḥ | na śaktāścānyato gantuṃ dhūmenākulitānanāḥ | haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇā nalinyo hemapaṅkajāḥ
Entonces otros Dānavas allí, confundidos por el fuego, se quemaban. Con el rostro ahogado por el humo, no podían ir a ninguna parte. Los estanques de lotos, colmados de cisnes y aves kāraṇḍava, lucían lotos dorados.
Narrator
Listener: king addressed in second person (nṛpaśreṣṭha implied across passage)
Scene: Smoke-choked dānavas trapped by fire while, in the foreground or distance, lotus-ponds shimmer with golden lotuses and swans/kāraṇḍavas—beauty beside catastrophe.
FAQs
Even splendid beauty and power cannot protect those overcome by adharma when divine retribution manifests.
No explicit tīrtha is named; the verse paints the cityscape of Tripura within the Revā-khaṇḍa narration.
None in this shloka.