Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
एतस्मिन्नंतरे जातः पुरे तत्र सुदारुणः । आक्रंदो ब्राह्मणेंद्राणां सर्पभक्षणसंभवः
etasminnaṃtare jātaḥ pure tatra sudāruṇaḥ | ākraṃdo brāhmaṇeṃdrāṇāṃ sarpabhakṣaṇasaṃbhavaḥ
ఇంతలో ఆ నగరంలో అత్యంత భయంకరమైన దుఃఖకర ఆర్తనాదం లేచింది; సర్పాల భక్షణం వల్ల ప్రధాన బ్రాహ్మణులలో విలాపం పుట్టింది।
Narrator (contextual; within the Tīrthamāhātmya frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A city street filled with terrified brāhmaṇas; a rising chorus of lament as serpents strike unseen; elders clutching sacred threads, women and children in the background, smoke-like darkness suggesting dread.
FAQs
When adharma triggers chaos, even the learned and righteous suffer; the Purāṇic narrative stresses the communal impact of sin and violence.
The episode is embedded in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrtha glorification within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
None; the verse describes the social consequence (lamentation) arising from the calamity.
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