Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
हतशेषाश्च ये तेषां ते त्यक्त्वा त्रिदशालयम् । पलायनकृतोत्साहाः प्रविष्टा मकरालयम्
hataśeṣāśca ye teṣāṃ te tyaktvā tridaśālayam | palāyanakṛtotsāhāḥ praviṣṭā makarālayam
അവരിൽ ശേഷിച്ചവർ ത്രിദശന്മാരുടെ വാസസ്ഥലം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച്, രക്ഷപ്പെടാനുള്ള ആകുലതയോടെ മകരാലയമായ സമുദ്രത്തിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ചു।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Tirtha: Vṛṣanātha-kṣetra (narrative backdrop)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Surviving daityas, wounded and terrified, flee from the celestial city and plunge into the dark, rolling ocean where makaras lurk; the sky behind glows with deva victory.
FAQs
Adharma-driven power collapses: even the strong are forced into fear and flight when divine order is restored.
The broader passage belongs to the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya and leads into the glorification of the Vṛṣanātha-liṅga and its kṣetra.
No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it sets narrative context for later worship instructions.