Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
बहिर्वासाश्च ये तत्र नागराः समवस्थिताः । चण्डशर्म प्रभृतयस्तेऽपि याताः सुदूरतः
bahirvāsāśca ye tatra nāgarāḥ samavasthitāḥ | caṇḍaśarma prabhṛtayaste'pi yātāḥ sudūrataḥ
അവിടെ പുറമ്പ്രദേശങ്ങളിൽ താമസിച്ചിരുന്ന നാഗരന്മാർ—ചണ്ഡശർമ മുതലായവർ—അവരും അത്യന്തം ദൂരത്തേക്ക് പോയി।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)
Tirtha: Nāgara-bahirvāsa near Sārasvata-jala
Type: kshetra
Scene: Families from the outer settlement, led by Caṇḍaśarman and others, depart with carts and bundles, glancing back at the troubled waters and deserted bank.
FAQs
When adharma or supernatural disturbance rises, even settled communities withdraw—indicating that tīrthas require protection and right order.
The settlement-region around the Sārasvata tīrtha, within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s sacred geography.
None in this verse.