Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
अजारूपान्स्वयं पश्चाद्यष्टिमादाय रक्षति । एवं तस्य नरेन्द्रस्य वर्तमानस्य भूतले
ajārūpānsvayaṃ paścādyaṣṭimādāya rakṣati | evaṃ tasya narendrasya vartamānasya bhūtale
नंतर तो स्वतः शेळीचे रूप धारण करून, हातात दंड घेऊन त्यांचे रक्षण करीत असे; अशा रीतीने पृथ्वीवर वसणाऱ्या त्या नरेन्द्राचे जीवन चालले।
Sūta (continuing narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A king, transformed or disguised as a goat-headed/ goat-formed guardian, holds a staff and watches over restrained disease-forms or vulnerable subjects; the scene blends pastoral imagery with royal authority.
FAQs
Dharma may be protected through humble forms and vigilant discipline—power is shown as service, not display.
This line does not identify a particular tīrtha; it reinforces the episode’s dharmic protection theme within the Tīrthamāhātmya.
No ritual is prescribed; it narrates protective action and vigilant guardianship.