Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
नानाशस्त्रधरा रौद्रा यमदूता यथा च ते । पुलिन्दा बर्बराभीराः किराता यवनाः शकाः
nānāśastradharā raudrā yamadūtā yathā ca te | pulindā barbarābhīrāḥ kirātā yavanāḥ śakāḥ
Ganas, memegang pelbagai jenis senjata—bagaikan utusan Yama—maka tampillah Pulinda, Barbara, Ābhīra, Kirāta, Yavana dan Śaka.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A king addressed as ‘mahārāja’ (likely Janamejaya in Purāṇic frame)
Scene: A sudden, fearsome host appears—tribal and foreign warrior groups with varied weapons—likened to Yama’s messengers, surrounding the scene with a supernatural dread.
FAQs
Adharma provokes formidable counterforces: the Purāṇas depict dharma’s protection as overwhelming and many-formed when sacred order is attacked.
No tīrtha name is given in this verse; it remains within the chapter’s broader sacred-geography discourse.
None.