Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
एकहस्ता द्विहस्ताश्च पञ्चहस्तास्तथापराः । अन्या विंशतिहस्ताश्च विहस्ताश्च तथापराः
ekahastā dvihastāśca pañcahastāstathāparāḥ | anyā viṃśatihastāśca vihastāśca tathāparāḥ
ある者は一つの手、ある者は二つの手、またある者は五つの手を持っていた。さらに二十の手を持つ者もいれば、手のない者さえいた。
Unspecified (narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta)
Tirtha: Kuṇḍa (name not specified in given verses)
Type: kund
Scene: A spectrum of Mothers: some with a single arm, some with two, others with five and twenty arms fanning like a halo of limbs; a few appear without hands, serene and uncanny, all rising from the kuṇḍa’s waters.
FAQs
By cataloging extreme forms, the text underscores the pilgrim’s need to rely on dharma rather than outward appearances.
The verse is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya sequence; the specific site is not named in this line.
None; it is a descriptive enumeration.