Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
वृंदा तयोक्तं श्रुत्वैनं विकृतास्यं व्यलोकयत् । वीक्ष्यतं भयवातेन निर्धूता सिंधुजप्रिया
vṛṃdā tayoktaṃ śrutvainaṃ vikṛtāsyaṃ vyalokayat | vīkṣyataṃ bhayavātena nirdhūtā siṃdhujapriyā
Entendant leurs paroles, Vṛṃdā le regarda et vit son visage déformé par l’effroi. À cette vue, la bien-aimée de celui né du Sindhu fut secouée par un vent de peur.
Unspecified narrator
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vṛṃdā, alarmed, stares at a man whose face is distorted by terror; a palpable ‘wind of fear’ ripples garments and hair, foreshadowing flight toward an ascetic grove.
FAQs
Fear reveals inner states; the narrative uses emotional upheaval to propel ethical and dharmic outcomes within the sacred storyline.
Not specified in this verse; it continues the forest episode within the broader tīrtha-māhātmya.
None.