Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
अथ कृत्वा महद्युद्धं यथा शक्त्यातिदारुणम् । हतभूयिष्ठशेषा ये भित्त्वा भूमिं गता अधः
atha kṛtvā mahadyuddhaṃ yathā śaktyātidāruṇam | hatabhūyiṣṭhaśeṣā ye bhittvā bhūmiṃ gatā adhaḥ
Puis, après avoir livré une grande bataille, d’une férocité extrême, selon toute leur puissance, ceux qui restaient—la plupart des leurs ayant péri—percèrent la terre et descendirent au-dessous.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: After a brutal clash, the surviving dānavas crack the earth; fissures open like dark mouths, and they plunge downward amid dust and broken weapons.
FAQs
Even when powerful forces oppose dharma, their defeat leads them to obscurity; righteousness remains established in the world above.
The verse functions as narrative transition within Tīrthamāhātmya; the tīrtha focus is carried by the broader episode centered on the ocean and Agastya.
None in this verse.