Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
देवरातसुतं सुप्तं भक्षयित्वा ततः परम् । तत्कुटुंबं समग्रं च क्रोधेन महतान्विताः
devarātasutaṃ suptaṃ bhakṣayitvā tataḥ param | tatkuṭuṃbaṃ samagraṃ ca krodhena mahatānvitāḥ
ദേവരാതന്റെ പുത്രനെ ഉറക്കത്തിൽ ഭക്ഷിച്ച ശേഷം, മഹാക്രോധം നിറഞ്ഞ അവർ അവന്റെ സമഗ്ര കുടുംബത്തെയും ഭക്ഷിച്ചു।
Narrator (contextual; within the Tīrthamāhātmya frame)
Tirtha: Camatkārapura (Devarāta episode)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Night scene: nāgas enter silently; a sleeping child is seized; the household is overwhelmed as wrathful serpents coil through rooms, lamps topple, and terror spreads.
FAQs
The narrative conveys that violence can trigger escalating cycles of harm; Purāṇic stories often warn against adharma by showing its devastating spread.
The episode belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrtha framework in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
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