Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 82
खिन्नाः प्रकृतयः सर्वास्तादृग्रूपविलोकनात् । तत्किमित्येतदाश्चर्यमूचुः पौराः सुविस्मिताः
khinnāḥ prakṛtayaḥ sarvāstādṛgrūpavilokanāt | tatkimityetadāścaryamūcuḥ paurāḥ suvismitāḥ
ਐਸਾ ਰੂਪ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਸਾਰੀ ਪ੍ਰਜਾ ਖਿੰਨ ਹੋ ਗਈ। ਬਹੁਤ ਅਚੰਭਿਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਨਗਰਵਾਸੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ, “ਇਹ ਕਿਹੋ ਜਿਹਾ ਅਦਭੁਤ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਕਿਉਂ ਹੋਇਆ?”
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Scene: A town square outside the palace: citizens gather, pointing and whispering, faces mixing fear and curiosity; elders raise hands in questioning; the palace looms behind as the mystery spreads through the city.
FAQs
Wonder and disturbance become the doorway to dharma-jijñāsā—asking ‘why’ leads toward understanding karma and sacred power.
Not directly named here; the larger passage centers on the Mahī–Sāgara-saṅgama and its tīrtha-prabhāva.
None.