Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
पुत्रघ्नं तं निहत्याऽशु सकुटुम्बपरिग्रहम् । चमत्कारपुरं सर्वं भक्षणीयं ततः परम्
putraghnaṃ taṃ nihatyā'śu sakuṭumbaparigraham | camatkārapuraṃ sarvaṃ bhakṣaṇīyaṃ tataḥ param
त्या पुत्रघ्नाला त्याच्या सर्व कुटुंब-परिवारासह त्वरित ठार करा; त्यानंतर संपूर्ण चमत्कारपुर नगरीही भक्षण करा।
Pannagādhipa (Śeṣa, issuing orders to the nāgas)
Tirtha: Camatkārapura (within Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A command is issued to nāga-chiefs: the putraghna and his household are to be slain; the city Camatkārapura is marked for total destruction, with serpents coiling like a dark tide around its walls.
FAQs
The text dramatizes karmic retribution: grievous harm to others, especially the killing of a child, invites severe collective consequences in Purāṇic storytelling.
The broader chapter centers on Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, while this verse also names Camatkārapura as the affected settlement.
None; it is a narrative command describing punitive action.
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