Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54
ततो भूयः समायातो यावत्पश्यामि भूतलम् । तावद्विलोमतां प्राप्तं सर्वं नो वेद्मि किञ्चन
tato bhūyaḥ samāyāto yāvatpaśyāmi bhūtalam | tāvadvilomatāṃ prāptaṃ sarvaṃ no vedmi kiñcana
പിന്നീട് ഞാൻ വീണ്ടും വന്ന് ഭൂതലത്തെ നോക്കിയപ്പോൾ, അതിനകം എല്ലാം മറിച്ചായി മാറിയിരുന്നു; എനിക്ക് ഒന്നും മനസ്സിലാകുന്നില്ല.
Unspecified first-person narrator within the story (exact identity not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Gartātīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Scene: An elder returning to a familiar landscape but seeing it strangely altered: landmarks feel inverted; the figure stands stunned, hands slightly raised, eyes wide; the earth/scene subtly depicted as disordered—paths crossing, shadows wrong—suggesting metaphysical reversal.
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Human certainty can collapse suddenly; such reversals in Purāṇic stories often point toward divine orchestration and the need to seek dharmic refuge.
No site is named in this verse; it is part of the narrative leading into the tīrtha’s significance.
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