Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
एतस्मिन्नंतरे धूमः प्रादुर्भूतः समंततः । तादृग्येन तमोभूतं वेदिमूलं विनिर्मितम्
etasminnaṃtare dhūmaḥ prādurbhūtaḥ samaṃtataḥ | tādṛgyena tamobhūtaṃ vedimūlaṃ vinirmitam
അതിനിടയിൽ എല്ലാടവും പുക ഉയർന്നു; അതിന്റെ ഘനതകൊണ്ട് വേദിയുടെ അടിഭാഗം ഇരുട്ടിൽ മൂടപ്പെട്ടതുപോലെ ആയി.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not stated in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Interlocutor in māhātmya frame (not explicit)
Scene: Thick smoke billows everywhere, turning the base of the altar into a darkness-like shroud; figures and ritual objects become silhouettes.
FAQs
Darkness can be created even in sacred spaces when motives are impure—an image for how adharma clouds perception.
Not named in this verse; it is part of a broader Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
No prescription; it narrates the physical effect of smoke enveloping the altar area.