Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
तेषामपि च चत्वारि गोत्राण्युर गजाद्भयात् । गतानि तत्र यत्र स्युस्तानि पूर्वोद्भवानि च । चतुःषष्टिः स्थिता तत्र पुरे शेषा द्विजन्मनाम्
teṣāmapi ca catvāri gotrāṇyura gajādbhayāt | gatāni tatra yatra syustāni pūrvodbhavāni ca | catuḥṣaṣṭiḥ sthitā tatra pure śeṣā dvijanmanām
तेषां मध्ये चत्वारि गोत्राणि उरगगजभयात् तत्रात्यजन्; यत्र यत्र स्युः तत्र गतानि, तानि पूर्वोद्भवानि। शेषा चतुःषष्टिर्द्विजन्मनां तस्मिन् पुरे स्थिता।
Sūta (continuing narration)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: A sudden panic: four brāhmaṇa gotras depart with families and ritual bundles, looking back toward a looming ‘nāga-gaja’ (serpent-elephant) presence; the remaining sixty-four stay within city walls.
FAQs
Even in sacred landscapes, communities face trials; dharma is preserved through wise settlement, continuity, and protected living.
The verse refers to “that city” within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrthamāhātmya narrative; the tīrtha/place-name is not stated in this excerpt.
None; it reports historical-mythic movement of gotras due to fear of a dangerous being.