एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु ह्यूर्ध्वकेशोऽभवद्धि सः । रक्ताक्षः शंकुकर्णश्च कृष्णदन्तोऽतिभैरवः
etasminneva kāle tu hyūrdhvakeśo'bhavaddhi saḥ | raktākṣaḥ śaṃkukarṇaśca kṛṣṇadanto'tibhairavaḥ
एतस्मिन्नेव क्षणे स ऊर्ध्वकेशोऽभवत्; रक्ताक्षः शङ्कुकर्णः कृष्णदन्तश्चातिभैरवः।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, context not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sudden metamorphosis: a figure with hair bristling upward, red eyes, spike-like ears, blackened teeth—radiating dreadful power as onlookers recoil.
Wrongdoing in sacred settings is shown to reshape one’s very nature, outwardly manifesting inner corruption.
The tīrtha is not named in this descriptive verse; it supports the larger tīrtha-māhātmya storyline.
None directly; it narrates the immediate effect of the curse.
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