Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
समायाता महारौद्रा लुब्ध काश्चापपाणयः । कृष्णांगा भ्रममाणास्ते यमदूता इवाऽपरे
samāyātā mahāraudrā lubdha kāścāpapāṇayaḥ | kṛṣṇāṃgā bhramamāṇāste yamadūtā ivā'pare
បន្ទាប់មក មានពួកអ្នកប្រមាញ់ដ៏សាហាវខ្លាំង មកដល់ដោយកាន់ធ្នូក្នុងដៃ។ រាងកាយខ្មៅ និងដើរវង្វេងទៅមក ពួកគេហាក់ដូចជាទូតយមៈមួយក្រុមទៀត។
Sūta
Tirtha: Mṛgatīrtha (narrative prelude)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: Fierce hunters enter the forest with bows; their bodies dark and ominous, faces hard; the forest’s harmony is disturbed, evoking the simile of Yama’s messengers.
FAQs
The narrative frames adharmic violence as death-like, setting up a contrast where the tīrtha later becomes a refuge and purifier.
This is part of the lead-up to Mṛgatīrtha’s origin story.
None; it introduces antagonistic figures within the tīrtha-origin account.