Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22
ततो निरीक्षते चोर्ध्वमधश्चैव दिशो दश । वेपमानः स भीतश्च प्रस्खलंश्च पदे पदे
tato nirīkṣate cordhvamadhaścaiva diśo daśa | vepamānaḥ sa bhītaśca praskhalaṃśca pade pade
แล้วเขาก็มองขึ้นเบื้องบน มองลงเบื้องล่าง และเหลียวไปทั่วทั้งสิบทิศ ด้วยความหวาดกลัวจนสั่น เขาสะดุดล้มแทบทุกย่างก้าว
Unknown (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) narrative setting
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A frightened figure scanning up and down and across the ten directions; the space seems to spin, with directional guardians faintly suggested; the pilgrim stumbles repeatedly, conveying moral and psychological vertigo.
FAQs
A mind burdened by wrongdoing becomes unstable and terrified; the text dramatizes inner guilt as outer disorientation.
No specific holy site is named in this verse.
None; it is descriptive imagery.