Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 101
स्थातुं तत्र न शक्तास्ते विभीषणभयेन च । पृथिव्यां समनुप्राप्ताः स्थानान्यपि बहूनि च
sthātuṃ tatra na śaktāste vibhīṣaṇabhayena ca | pṛthivyāṃ samanuprāptāḥ sthānānyapi bahūni ca
Incapables de demeurer là, et craignant Vibhīṣaṇa, ils descendirent sur la terre et parvinrent encore à bien d’autres lieux.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A commanding figure symbolizing Vibhīṣaṇa’s righteous fear drives impostors from a sacred center; they descend to earth and scatter to many settlements.
FAQs
When one lives in fear born of wrongdoing, one cannot remain settled; inner disorder produces outer wandering.
No particular tīrtha is identified in this verse; it sets up movement across places within the māhātmya narrative.
None.