Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54
एवं प्रलप्य मनसा संप्राप्ता तत्र यत्र सः । आस्ते विस्फूर्जितास्यश्च तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रो भयावहः
evaṃ pralapya manasā saṃprāptā tatra yatra saḥ | āste visphūrjitāsyaśca tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭro bhayāvahaḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ മനസ്സിൽ വിലപിച്ചുകൊണ്ട് അവൾ അവൻ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്ന സ്ഥലത്തെത്തി; അവിടെ അവൻ നിന്നിരുന്നു—വായ് പിളർത്തി വിറച്ച്, മൂർച്ചയുള്ള ദംഷ്ട്രകളോടെ, കാണുവാൻ ഭയാനകനായി।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator voice within the Māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: She arrives and sees a terrifying tiger: gaping mouth, quivering jaws, sharp fangs—an arresting moment of dread in the forest clearing.
FAQs
Dharma is tested amid fear; the narrative frames a crisis that will reveal the strength of truth and resolve.
The verse sits inside the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the tīrtha-glorification is conveyed through the chapter’s sacred narrative setting rather than a named site in this line.
None; this is descriptive narration establishing the encounter.