Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
तदा रौद्राणि याम्यानि नैरृत्यानि विशेषतः । आग्नेयानि त्वनिष्टानि तथा नाशकराणि च
tadā raudrāṇi yāmyāni nairṛtyāni viśeṣataḥ | āgneyāni tvaniṣṭāni tathā nāśakarāṇi ca
…maka sebaliknya timbullah pertanda yang raudra, yang garang: berkaitan dengan Yama dan terutama dengan Nairṛta; serta isyarat yang berhubungan dengan Agni, yang tidak mujur, membawa kerugian dan kebinasaan.
Viśvāmitra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sudden shift from calm ritual to ominous signs: fierce Rudra-like energy, Yama-associated darkness, Nairṛta (southwest) dread, and Agni’s destructive aspect—smoke, disturbed fire, anxious faces.
FAQs
When inner assent and harmony are absent, the tradition reads the moment as spiritually misaligned, marked by inauspicious and destructive indications.
The teaching is embedded in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative within Nāgara-khaṇḍa.
A warning: interpret fierce, Yama/Nairṛta/Agni-associated signs as ‘aniṣṭa’ and potentially ruinous for proceeding.