Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
अथ ते दानवा दृष्ट्वा तान्देवांस्तत्र संस्थितान् । भयसंत्रस्तमनसो दुद्रुवुः सर्वतो दिशम्
atha te dānavā dṛṣṭvā tāndevāṃstatra saṃsthitān | bhayasaṃtrastamanaso dudruvuḥ sarvato diśam
അവിടെ നിലകൊണ്ടിരുന്ന ദേവന്മാരെ കണ്ട ദാനവർ ഭയത്താൽ വിറച്ച മനസ്സോടെ എല്ലാ ദിക്കുകളിലേക്കും ഓടിപ്പോയി।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At a sacred field, devas stand firm near a liṅga; dānavas, struck by fear, scatter in all directions under a charged, numinous sky.
FAQs
When the sacred is honored and defended, forces of adharma lose courage and disperse.
The guarded kṣetra of the celebrated liṅga (Vṛṣanātha context) that becomes a fortress of dharma.
None in this verse; it narrates the consequence of divine protection.