Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
श्रीनारद उवाच । सांप्रतं धरणी प्राप्ता चतुर्वक्त्रस्य संनिधौ । रोरूयमाणा भारार्ता दानवैः पीडिता भृशम् । प्रोवाच पद्मजं तत्र दुःखेन महताऽन्विता
śrīnārada uvāca | sāṃprataṃ dharaṇī prāptā caturvaktrasya saṃnidhau | rorūyamāṇā bhārārtā dānavaiḥ pīḍitā bhṛśam | provāca padmajaṃ tatra duḥkhena mahatā'nvitā
Śrī Nārada dit : «À l’instant, la Terre s’approcha de la présence du Quatre-Visages (Brahmā). Pleurant, accablée par le fardeau et cruellement tourmentée par les daṇava, elle parla là au Né du Lotus, envahie d’une immense peine.»
Nārada
Scene: Earth personified (Bhū-devī) arrives before four-faced Brahmā, crying and weighed down, describing torment by daṇavas; Nārada narrates the scene.
FAQs
When adharma increases, even the Earth is depicted as suffering; divine intervention is sought through rightful cosmic authorities.
No particular tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it sets up a wider mythic cause within the māhātmya.
None; it is a narrative account describing the Earth’s appeal.