Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 134
को भवान्किमिदं रूपं कृतं सर्पमयं विभो । किं वा ते ब्रह्मशापोऽयं किं वा क्रीडा सदेदृशी
ko bhavānkimidaṃ rūpaṃ kṛtaṃ sarpamayaṃ vibho | kiṃ vā te brahmaśāpo'yaṃ kiṃ vā krīḍā sadedṛśī
“Siapakah tuan, wahai yang perkasa? Mengapa tuan mengambil rupa seperti ular? Adakah ini sumpahan seorang brāhmaṇa, ataukah suatu permainan ajaib seperti ini?”
Narrator (questioning the transformed being)
Type: kshetra
Listener: (contextual) the audience of the māhātmya (often a sage/king)
Scene: A brāhmaṇa pilgrim confronts a radiant, powerful being in a serpent-like form; the brāhmaṇa gestures in inquiry while the nāga-formed figure stands poised, suggesting both menace and divinity.
FAQs
Extraordinary events invite inquiry into karmic causes (śāpa) and divine purposes (līlā), deepening reverence and understanding.
The verse is within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; this line itself prepares for revelation rather than naming the tīrtha.
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