Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
एकनेत्रा द्विनेत्राश्च त्रिनेत्राश्च तथापराः । काश्चिद्गजसमारूढा हयारूढास्तथापराः
ekanetrā dvinetrāśca trinetrāśca tathāparāḥ | kāścidgajasamārūḍhā hayārūḍhāstathāparāḥ
Ada yang bermata satu, ada yang bermata dua, dan ada pula yang bermata tiga. Ada yang menunggang gajah, dan ada pula yang menunggang kuda.
Unspecified (narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A shifting crowd of beings: some cyclopean, some normal-eyed, some three-eyed; a few ride elephants with caparisons, others ride horses, forming a surreal cavalcade near a sacred path or water-edge.
FAQs
The verse reinforces the majesty and strangeness that can accompany holy regions, encouraging courage and steadfastness in righteous conduct.
The shloka is part of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 88); the exact tīrtha is not identified in this line.
No ritual instruction is given here.