Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
एकवस्त्रा विवस्त्राश्च बहुवस्त्रास्तथा पराः । चर्मप्रावरणाश्चैव कथाप्रावरणान्विताः
ekavastrā vivastrāśca bahuvastrāstathā parāḥ | carmaprāvaraṇāścaiva kathāprāvaraṇānvitāḥ
Les unes ne portaient qu’un seul vêtement, d’autres étaient nues, et d’autres encore revêtaient de nombreuses étoffes. Certaines étaient couvertes de peaux, et d’autres enveloppées de voiles étranges, à l’apparence effrayante.
Narrator (contextual; specific speaker not stated in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A mixed host: some ekavastra (single-clothed), some digambara (unclothed), some multi-clothed; some wrapped in animal hides; others in uncanny, story-like ‘coverings’ that look strange and fearsome—suggesting supernatural disguises or protective veils.
FAQs
Dharma is guarded by many forms of divine power—some austere, some fierce—each suited to protecting sacred order.
The verse occurs within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 88); the precise tīrtha-name is not stated in this excerpt.
No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse; it is descriptive narration.