Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53
ततः पराङ्मुखो भूत्वा पलायनपरायणः । अभिदुद्राव वेगेन पुरी यत्रामरावती
tataḥ parāṅmukho bhūtvā palāyanaparāyaṇaḥ | abhidudrāva vegena purī yatrāmarāvatī
Alors, détournant le visage et ne songeant qu’à fuir, il courut à toute vitesse vers la cité où se trouve Amarāvatī.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Amarāvatī (deva-purī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Airāvata, panicked and turning away from the attacker, flees at speed toward the distant gleam of Amarāvatī; Indra clings on, devas scatter, and the horizon suggests a celestial city.
FAQs
Fear and pride collapse into flight; dharma teaches steadiness (dhairya) and accountability rather than escapism.
Amarāvatī is referenced as a divine city; the verse does not praise a terrestrial tīrtha directly.
None; it narrates a turn in the battle.