Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56
तत्रतत्र नरा गावस्तथान्ये प्राणिसंचयाः । मरणं सहसा प्रापुः पीड्यमाना महीधरैः
tatratatra narā gāvastathānye prāṇisaṃcayāḥ | maraṇaṃ sahasā prāpuḥ pīḍyamānā mahīdharaiḥ
Di sana sini, manusia, lembu dan himpunan makhluk bernyawa yang lain tiba-tiba menemui maut, dihimpit dan diseksa oleh gunung-ganang.
Sūta
Scene: A chaotic landscape: winged mountains crashing down, dust and rockfall; people and cattle scattered, overwhelmed by collapsing peaks; a darkened sky and trembling earth.
FAQs
Protecting living beings is central to dharma; narratives of calamity underline the need for divine guardianship and order.
None directly; it provides the crisis setting that later explains tīrtha developments in Setukhaṇḍa.
None.
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