Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
अथ कृत्वा महद्युद्धं यथा शक्त्यातिदारुणम् । हतभूयिष्ठशेषा ये भित्त्वा भूमिं गता अधः
atha kṛtvā mahadyuddhaṃ yathā śaktyātidāruṇam | hatabhūyiṣṭhaśeṣā ye bhittvā bhūmiṃ gatā adhaḥ
त्यानंतर त्यांनी यथाशक्ती अत्यंत भयंकर असे महायुद्ध केले; बहुतेक मारले गेल्यावर उरलेले भूमी भेदून अधोलोकात गेले।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: After a brutal clash, the surviving dānavas crack the earth; fissures open like dark mouths, and they plunge downward amid dust and broken weapons.
FAQs
Even when powerful forces oppose dharma, their defeat leads them to obscurity; righteousness remains established in the world above.
The verse functions as narrative transition within Tīrthamāhātmya; the tīrtha focus is carried by the broader episode centered on the ocean and Agastya.
None in this verse.