Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
ततो धूमाकुलेनेत्रे भगवांस्त्रिपु रान्तकः । हस्ताभ्यां छादयामास येऽन्ये तत्र व्यवस्थिताः
tato dhūmākulenetre bhagavāṃstripu rāntakaḥ | hastābhyāṃ chādayāmāsa ye'nye tatra vyavasthitāḥ
அப்போது புகையால் கலங்கிய கண்களுடன் இருந்த பகவான் திரிபுராந்தகர் தம் இரு கைகளாலும் கண்களை மூடினார்; அங்கு இருந்த மற்றவர்களும் அதுபோலவே செய்தனர்.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not stated in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Interlocutor in māhātmya frame (not explicit)
Scene: Śiva, eyes irritated by smoke, raises both hands to cover them; the assembled participants mirror the gesture amid swirling haze around the altar.
FAQs
Even in ritual settings, outward obscurations arise; the deeper teaching is to protect and steady perception amid disturbance.
Not identifiable from this verse alone; the chapter belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
None; it narrates a moment during the fire-rite when smoke irritates the eyes.