Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
अथ ते दानवाः सर्वे श्रुत्वा देवान्समागतान् । युद्धार्थं सहसा जग्मुः संमुखाः कोपसंयुताः
atha te dānavāḥ sarve śrutvā devānsamāgatān | yuddhārthaṃ sahasā jagmuḥ saṃmukhāḥ kopasaṃyutāḥ
தேவர்கள் வந்திருப்பதை அறிந்த அந்தத் தானவர்கள் அனைவரும், கோபத்துடன் போரிடுவதற்காக உடனடியாக அவர்கள் முன் திரண்டனர்.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Dānavas, having heard of the devas’ assembly, surge forward in a tight, frontal charge—faces contorted with anger, weapons raised, dust rising.
FAQs
Unchecked krodha (anger) propels beings toward destructive conflict, marking the temperament of adharma.
No specific tīrtha is identified in this verse; it continues the battle prelude within the Tīrthamāhātmya.
None; the verse is narrative (battle mobilization).