Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13
हरिता धूसरा धूम्राः कर्बुरा पीतलोहिताः । चित्रवर्णा विचित्रांगाश्चित्रलीला मदोत्कटाः
haritā dhūsarā dhūmrāḥ karburā pītalohitāḥ | citravarṇā vicitrāṃgāścitralīlā madotkaṭāḥ
कोणी हरितवर्ण, कोणी धूसर, कोणी धूम्रवर्ण; कोणी कर्बुर (चित्तेदार), कोणी पीत-लोहित होते. कोणी नानावर्णी, विचित्र अंगांचे—विलक्षण लीलांत मग्न, मदोन्मत्त व उग्र होते.
Narrator (context not specified in snippet; likely a purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: A surging host of uncanny beings in a twilight haze: bodies and limbs of many hues—green, ash, smoke-grey, mottled, yellow-red—moving in intoxicated frenzy, performing strange, chaotic gestures as if in a wild procession or pre-battle dance.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma recognizes the many modes of divine energy—terrifying, playful, and awe-inspiring—within the larger sacred order.
No tīrtha is identified in this descriptive verse.
None.