Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77
ततोंऽडेभ्यो विनिष्क्रांताः प्राणिनो रौद्ररूपिणः । कृष्णदंताः शंकुकर्णा ऊर्ध्वकेशा भयावहाः । रक्ताक्षाश्च ततः प्रोचुर्विश्वेदेवांश्च ते नृप
tatoṃ'ḍebhyo viniṣkrāṃtāḥ prāṇino raudrarūpiṇaḥ | kṛṣṇadaṃtāḥ śaṃkukarṇā ūrdhvakeśā bhayāvahāḥ | raktākṣāśca tataḥ procurviśvedevāṃśca te nṛpa
तेव्हा त्या अंड्यांतून भयंकर रूपाचे प्राणी बाहेर आले—काळे दात, शंकूसारखे कान, उभे केस, अत्यंत भयावह आणि रक्तवर्ण नेत्र. मग, हे राजन्, त्यांनी विश्वेदेवांना संबोधून बोलले.
Narrator within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa discourse (exact speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Gayā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (नृप) addressed in the verse
Scene: From cracked eggs on the earth, dreadful beings rise—black teeth, spike-like ears, hair bristling upward, red eyes—turning toward the Viśvedevās as if demanding their due.
FAQs
Purāṇas personify obstacles to dharma as fearsome beings, underscoring the need for correct rite and divine order.
Not specified in this verse; it contributes to the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative frame.
No direct prescription; it introduces the beings who will demand food, setting up the śrāddha-related conflict.