Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 43
सर्पसूषकयोर्युद्धं तथा केसरिनागयोः । उन्मार्गाः सरितस्तत्रावहन्रक्तविमिश्रिताः । अकालतरुपुष्पाणि दृश्यन्ते स्म समन्ततः
sarpasūṣakayoryuddhaṃ tathā kesarināgayoḥ | unmārgāḥ saritastatrāvahanraktavimiśritāḥ | akālatarupuṣpāṇi dṛśyante sma samantataḥ
Il y eut combat entre serpents et mangoustes, et de même entre lions et éléphants. Les rivières, là, quittèrent leur lit, charriant des eaux mêlées de sang ; et partout l’on voyait des floraisons hors saison sur les arbres.
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration)
Scene: A panorama of omens: serpents battling mongooses, lions fighting elephants; rivers running off-course with blood-tinged waters; trees blooming out of season across the land.
FAQs
When dharma is disturbed, the world’s balance appears to fracture—Puranic tradition expresses this through disorder in animals, seasons, and rivers.
No single tīrtha is explicitly praised in this verse; it functions as a portent-scene within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.
None; the verse is descriptive of omens rather than prescriptive of vows or rites.