Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
पुनश्च दानवो रौद्रः पशुत्वं समपद्यत । तस्यामेव तु गर्तायां संतिष्ठति द्विजोत्तमाः
punaśca dānavo raudraḥ paśutvaṃ samapadyata | tasyāmeva tu gartāyāṃ saṃtiṣṭhati dvijottamāḥ
E novamente o dānava feroz caiu ao estado de animal; e nessa mesma cova permaneceu, ó melhor entre os dvija, os duas-vezes-nascidos.
Unspecified in snippet (within Sūta-led narration context of the adhyāya)
Type: kund
Listener: dvijottamāḥ (addressed)
Scene: A fierce dānava, newly altered, collapses into beast-state and remains confined in the same pit; brāhmaṇas observe with relief and caution, the pit marked as a liminal boundary.
FAQs
Adharma leads to degradation; the narrative frames moral fall as a visible consequence within a sacred-history setting.
Not specified in the provided verse; the passage belongs to a broader Tīrthamāhātmya account.
None is stated here; it describes the demon’s condition and confinement.