Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
अथान्यत्तत्र संजातं कपालं तादृशं पुनः । तस्मिन्नपि तथा क्षिप्ते भूयोऽन्यत्समपद्यत
athānyattatra saṃjātaṃ kapālaṃ tādṛśaṃ punaḥ | tasminnapi tathā kṣipte bhūyo'nyatsamapadyata
अथ तत्रैव पुनस्तादृशमेव कपालमन्यत्संजातम्। तदपि तथा क्षिप्ते भूयोऽन्यत्समपद्यत।
Unspecified narrator (within Sūta’s ongoing narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A skull appears where the staff was thrown; it is cast away, yet another skull instantly manifests in the same spot—an eerie loop. Faces show disbelief; the yajña implements contrast with the stark kapāla imagery.
FAQs
Some obstacles persist and multiply, indicating a deeper cause that must be understood—not merely removed superficially.
The verse continues the yajña-vāṭa scene within the chapter’s tīrtha narrative; no explicit place-name appears here.
The repeated act of casting away the kapāla is described, though it proves insufficient as the obstruction recurs.
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