Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
विषण्णवदनाः सर्वे भयभीता समंततः । धावतो भक्षितास्ताभिर्देवताभिः सुनिर्दयम्
viṣaṇṇavadanāḥ sarve bhayabhītā samaṃtataḥ | dhāvato bhakṣitāstābhirdevatābhiḥ sunirdayam
Semua mereka berwajah muram, diliputi ketakutan dari segala arah; mereka lari, namun ketika berlari itu pula para Dewi dengan tanpa belas kasihan melahap mereka.
Narrator (contextual; specific speaker not stated in snippet)
Listener: dvija-sattama (best of twice-born)
Scene: A terrified crowd fleeing in all directions, faces downcast; behind them fierce radiant devatās pursue and consume them, conveying inexorable divine retribution.
FAQs
Adharma that terrorizes the world ultimately meets divine retribution; fear arises when one confronts the consequences of wrongdoing.
The setting is within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the excerpt does not name a specific tīrtha.
None; the verse narrates the defeat of the hostile party.