शुष्का महीरुहाः सर्वे तथा ये च जलाशयाः । नद्यश्च स्वल्पतोयाश्च गंगाद्या अपि संस्थिताः
śuṣkā mahīruhāḥ sarve tathā ye ca jalāśayāḥ | nadyaśca svalpatoyāśca gaṃgādyā api saṃsthitāḥ
બધા વૃક્ષો સુકાઈ ગયા, તેમજ તળાવો અને જળાશયો પણ. નદીઓમાં બહુ ઓછું પાણી રહ્યું—ગંગા જેવી મહાનદીઓ પણ પાતળી ધારામાં જ રહી ગઈ.
Skanda (deduced; Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (referential)
Type: river
Scene: A vast riverbed with only a thin ribbon of water; dried trees along the bank; empty ponds cracked like pottery; pilgrims staring in disbelief at the diminished Gaṅgā.
The drying of nature—even revered rivers—signals a cosmic-moral imbalance; Purāṇas present dharma and sacred acts as restoring harmony.
Gaṅgā is mentioned as a sacred river, but the verse mainly paints the drought backdrop within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative.
None; it is descriptive, establishing the severity of the drought.
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