Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
अथ सा जननी तस्य निष्क्रांता सलिलाश्रयात् । यावत्पश्यति तीरस्थं तावत्पुत्रं निपातितम्
atha sā jananī tasya niṣkrāṃtā salilāśrayāt | yāvatpaśyati tīrasthaṃ tāvatputraṃ nipātitam
Alors sa mère sortit de sa demeure dans les eaux ; et, portant son regard vers la rive, elle vit son fils gisant, terrassé.
Purāṇic narrator (contextual narrator in Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Type: tīrtha (jalāśraya/tīra)
Scene: From the depths, the nāga-mother rises onto the surface and looks to the bank; she beholds her son fallen and struck, the scene charged with grief and impending retribution.
FAQs
Violence does not end with the victim; it spreads suffering to family and community, underscoring the dhārmic demand for restraint.
The shore/bank imagery belongs to the Nāgatīrtha setting, a sacred waterscape central to the māhātmya.
None; the verse narrates the mother’s discovery of the fallen child.