Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
अथ संप्रेषितास्तेन गणास्ते विकृताननाः । हर्षेण महताविष्टा गर्जमाना यथा घनाः
atha saṃpreṣitāstena gaṇāste vikṛtānanāḥ | harṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭā garjamānā yathā ghanāḥ
Lalu para gaṇa itu, berwajah ganjil dan menggerunkan, setelah diutus oleh-Nya, meluru ke hadapan dengan sukacita besar, mengaum bagaikan awan berguruh.
Deductive (Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa speaking to sages)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/śrotṛ-gaṇa (implied)
Scene: Grotesque-faced gaṇas surge forward in joy, mouths open in roar; weapons gleam; the sky darkens like monsoon thunderclouds as they advance.
FAQs
The forces aligned with dharma move with fearless energy—inner clarity manifests as unstoppable resolve against wrongdoing.
No specific site is named in this verse; it contributes to the chapter’s sacred narrative backdrop.
None; it is descriptive battle-poetry.