Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 149
ततश्च क्षिप्तवांस्तत्र महाजनसमागमे । तं दृष्ट्वा विद्रुताः सर्वे जना मृत्युभयार्दिताः
tataśca kṣiptavāṃstatra mahājanasamāgame | taṃ dṛṣṭvā vidrutāḥ sarve janā mṛtyubhayārditāḥ
Alors, au milieu de cette grande assemblée, il la lança là. En la voyant, tous s’enfuirent, accablés par la peur de la mort.
Sūta (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: In a dense festival crowd, the serpent is thrown; people scatter in all directions, faces twisted with fear, offerings dropped, banners swaying amid chaos.
FAQs
Mass panic before danger contrasts with the yogic ideal of steadiness, a common mahātmya motif to elevate dharma and inner refuge.
The passage belongs to a tīrtha-glorification section, but this verse alone does not identify the tīrtha by name.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse advances the narrative that supports the tīrtha’s spiritual message.