Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
अथ वैलक्ष्यमापन्ना निर्विण्णाः सर्व एव ते । तां वार्तां दानवेन्द्राय वृकायोचुश्च ते तदा
atha vailakṣyamāpannā nirviṇṇāḥ sarva eva te | tāṃ vārtāṃ dānavendrāya vṛkāyocuśca te tadā
Kemudian mereka semua berasa malu dan hampa, lalu menyampaikan khabar itu kepada raja kaum Dānava, Vṛka, pada ketika itu.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa context; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Defeated men with lowered weapons walk away from the cave; in a darker hall, they stand before Vṛka, the dānava leader, narrating their failure; Vṛka listens with tense authority.
FAQs
Adharma ultimately meets frustration and defeat when it confronts divine-protected dharma.
The report concerns events occurring in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative within Tīrthamāhātmya.
No ritual instruction appears here; it narrates the aftermath of the failed attack.