Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
तथा पापसमाचारा मनुष्याः शीलवर्जिताः । दुष्टचित्ताः सदा सर्वे तिर्यग्योनिगता अपि
tathā pāpasamācārā manuṣyāḥ śīlavarjitāḥ | duṣṭacittāḥ sadā sarve tiryagyonigatā api
കൂടാതെ അവിടെയുള്ള മനുഷ്യർ പാപാചാരത്തിൽ ലീനരായി, ശീലരഹിതരായിരിക്കുന്നു; എല്ലാവരും എപ്പോഴും ദുഷ്ടചിത്തർ, തിർയ്യക്യോനിയിൽ പതിച്ചവരെപ്പോലെ.
Raktaśṛṅga
Type: kshetra
Listener: implicit interlocutor within the narrative frame
Scene: Raktaśṛṅga describes morally fallen people; visualized as shadowed figures with harsh expressions, contrasted with a faint distant shrine/light suggesting the possibility of redemption through tīrtha.
FAQs
Moral degradation is portrayed as a fall from true humanity; the implied remedy in a Tīrthamāhātmya is purification and reorientation through sacred places and dharma.
Not named in this verse; it supports the narrative frame in which Nāgabila’s sanctity counters the impurity of the mortal realm.
None explicitly; the verse functions as a moral diagnosis rather than a ritual instruction.