Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46
दह्यन्ते विविधास्तत्र वाप्यः कूपाश्च भारत । दृश्यन्तेऽनलदग्धानि पुरोद्यानानि दीर्घिकाः । अम्लानैः पङ्कजैश्छन्ना विस्तीर्णावसुयोजनाः
dahyante vividhāstatra vāpyaḥ kūpāśca bhārata | dṛśyante'naladagdhāni purodyānāni dīrghikāḥ | amlānaiḥ paṅkajaiśchannā vistīrṇāvasuyojanāḥ
Ô Bhārata, là brûlaient divers bassins et puits. On voyait les jardins royaux et les longs réservoirs, roussis par le feu—couverts de lotus qui ne se flétrissent pas et s’étendant sur bien des yojanas.
Narrator addressing “Bhārata” (epic-style vocative)
Listener: Bhārata (addressed)
Scene: Wells and tanks aflame; scorched gardens and long reservoirs stretch across the horizon, yet unfading lotuses remain—an uncanny, supernatural tableau.
FAQs
Even the infrastructure of prosperity—wells, tanks, gardens—cannot outlast the moral law when adharma matures.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse uses geographic/landscape description typical of Purāṇic sacred narration.
None.