Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
श्रीनारद उवाच । सांप्रतं धरणी प्राप्ता चतुर्वक्त्रस्य संनिधौ । रोरूयमाणा भारार्ता दानवैः पीडिता भृशम् । प्रोवाच पद्मजं तत्र दुःखेन महताऽन्विता
śrīnārada uvāca | sāṃprataṃ dharaṇī prāptā caturvaktrasya saṃnidhau | rorūyamāṇā bhārārtā dānavaiḥ pīḍitā bhṛśam | provāca padmajaṃ tatra duḥkhena mahatā'nvitā
श्री नारद म्हणाले—आत्ताच धरणी चतुर्मुख ब्रह्म्याच्या सान्निध्यात आली. ती रडत, भाराने व्याकुळ आणि दानवांनी अत्यंत पीडित होऊन, मोठ्या दुःखाने ग्रस्त होऊन तेथे पद्मजाला म्हणाली।
Nārada
Scene: Earth personified (Bhū-devī) arrives before four-faced Brahmā, crying and weighed down, describing torment by daṇavas; Nārada narrates the scene.
FAQs
When adharma increases, even the Earth is depicted as suffering; divine intervention is sought through rightful cosmic authorities.
No particular tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it sets up a wider mythic cause within the māhātmya.
None; it is a narrative account describing the Earth’s appeal.