Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
अथ तैर्वेष्टितस्तस्मिन्वंशस्तंबे हुताशनः । देवैर्दत्त्वा गजेंद्रस्य शापं पश्चाद्विनिर्गतः
atha tairveṣṭitastasminvaṃśastaṃbe hutāśanaḥ | devairdattvā gajeṃdrasya śāpaṃ paścādvinirgataḥ
പിന്നീട് ദേവന്മാർ ആ മുളക്കൂട്ടത്തിൽ ഹുതാശനനെ ചുറ്റിപ്പറ്റി. അവൻ ആദ്യം ഗജേന്ദ്രനു ശാപം നൽകി, പിന്നെ പുറത്തുവന്നു.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devas form a radiant ring around a bamboo thicket, containing Agni’s blaze within; Agni emerges with fierce brilliance and pronounces a curse upon the elephant.
FAQs
Actions done under pressure can still yield karmic consequences; the Purāṇic world emphasizes accountability even within crises.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the chapter’s sacred-geography framework.
None is stated in this verse.