Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11
न तत्र दृश्यते सूर्यो न काष्ठा न च चन्द्रमाः । पादपाश्च न दृश्यन्ते गिरिशृङ्गाणि सर्वतः
na tatra dṛśyate sūryo na kāṣṭhā na ca candramāḥ | pādapāśca na dṛśyante giriśṛṅgāṇi sarvataḥ
तत्र न सूर्यः प्रादृश्यत, न दिशः, न चन्द्रमाः अपि। सर्वतः न पादपाः प्रादृश्यन्ते, न गिरिशृङ्गाणि च।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, unspecified in snippet)
Scene: A king and retinue in near-total darkness; no sun or moon; silhouettes of ravines; the world’s directions erased by thick gloom.
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When the world’s markers disappear, reliance shifts inward—Purāṇic scenes often prepare for revelation or moral turning.
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