Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
अथ तान्विकृतान्दृष्ट्वा सर्वे शंकासमन्विताः । जगृहुर्नैव राजेंद्र जहसुश्च परस्परम्
atha tānvikṛtāndṛṣṭvā sarve śaṃkāsamanvitāḥ | jagṛhurnaiva rājeṃdra jahasuśca parasparam
แต่ครั้นเห็นรูปอันวิปริตนั้น ทุกผู้ก็เต็มไปด้วยความกังขา; ข้าแต่มหาราช พวกเขามิได้ยึดจับ กลับหัวเราะเยาะกันเอง
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Listener: rājendra (king)
Scene: Devas and dānavas halt mid-stride, faces shifting from eagerness to suspicion; some point and whisper; others laugh, stepping back from grotesque or oddly shaped emergent forms near the surf.
FAQs
Even amid collective excitement, wise hesitation arises when something appears adharmic or inauspicious.
This verse does not name a particular tīrtha.
None.