Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37
तुरङ्गैः स्यन्दनैः कृष्ण संख्या तस्य न विद्यते । नटा नानाविधास्तत्र असंख्यातगुणा हरे
turaṅgaiḥ syandanaiḥ kṛṣṇa saṃkhyā tasya na vidyate | naṭā nānāvidhāstatra asaṃkhyātaguṇā hare
ഹേ കൃഷ്ണാ, അവന്റെ കുതിരകളുടെയും രഥങ്ങളുടെയും എണ്ണം എണ്ണാനാകാത്തതാണ്. ഹേ ഹരി, അവിടെ നാനാവിധ നാടകനടന്മാരും കലാകാരന്മാരും ഉണ്ട്; അവരുടെ ഗുണങ്ങൾ അസംഖ്യമാണ്.
Devas
Tirtha: Himācala-guhā environs (as narrative setting)
Type: cave
Listener: Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Hari)
Scene: Devas describe the demon’s immeasurable cavalry and chariots, and a multitude of performers with countless skills—an overwhelming pageant of power and entertainment.
FAQs
Material abundance and spectacle do not equal righteousness; dharma is measured by conduct, not display.
None; this is a descriptive passage within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.
None.