Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
ततो भग्नाश्च शतशो दानवा निहतास्तदा । नद्यः शोणितसंभूता जाता बहुविधामुने
tato bhagnāśca śataśo dānavā nihatāstadā | nadyaḥ śoṇitasaṃbhūtā jātā bahuvidhāmune
అప్పుడు వందల సంఖ్యలో దానవులు భగ్నులై హతులయ్యిరి. ఓ మునీ, రక్తమునుండి పుట్టిన నానావిధ నదులు ప్రవహించెను॥
Deductive (Nāgara-khaṇḍa narrative voice addressing a listener ‘mune’; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa to sages)
Type: river
Listener: muni (explicit: 'amune')
Scene: After the clash, the ground is strewn with fallen warriors; crimson streams flow like branching rivers across the earth, reflecting a darkened sky; a sage is addressed in the narration, underscoring witness and moral gravity.
FAQs
The violent fruits of adharma are self-revealing; oppression culminates in ruin, underscoring the necessity of dharma.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it serves as a dramatic description within the larger tīrtha-linked narrative.
None.
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