Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46
दह्यन्ते विविधास्तत्र वाप्यः कूपाश्च भारत । दृश्यन्तेऽनलदग्धानि पुरोद्यानानि दीर्घिकाः । अम्लानैः पङ्कजैश्छन्ना विस्तीर्णावसुयोजनाः
dahyante vividhāstatra vāpyaḥ kūpāśca bhārata | dṛśyante'naladagdhāni purodyānāni dīrghikāḥ | amlānaiḥ paṅkajaiśchannā vistīrṇāvasuyojanāḥ
பாரதா, அங்கே பலவகைக் குளங்களும் கிணறுகளும் எரிந்தன. தீயால் கருகிய அரசுத் தோட்டங்களும் நீண்ட நீர்த்தேக்கங்களும் காணப்பட்டன—வாடாத தாமரைகளால் மூடப்பட்டு, பல யோஜனைகள் வரை விரிந்திருந்தன।
Narrator addressing “Bhārata” (epic-style vocative)
Listener: Bhārata (addressed)
Scene: Wells and tanks aflame; scorched gardens and long reservoirs stretch across the horizon, yet unfading lotuses remain—an uncanny, supernatural tableau.
FAQs
Even the infrastructure of prosperity—wells, tanks, gardens—cannot outlast the moral law when adharma matures.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse uses geographic/landscape description typical of Purāṇic sacred narration.
None.
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