Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
इति ते गृह्य काष्ठानि यदोपस्थे ययुस्तदा । पलायितः स बहुधा भयात्तेषां महात्मनाम्
iti te gṛhya kāṣṭhāni yadopasthe yayustadā | palāyitaḥ sa bahudhā bhayātteṣāṃ mahātmanām
ครั้นกล่าวดังนั้นแล้ว พวกเขาก็คว้าไม้ท่อนและกรูกันเข้าหาเขา ครั้นแล้วเขาก็หนีไปหลายทิศด้วยความหวาดกลัวต่อเหล่าฤๅษีผู้มีจิตยิ่งใหญ่
Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller, likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in māhātmya narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of austere sages in bark garments seize wooden staffs and surge forward; the pursued figure darts away in multiple directions amid a forest-āśrama setting.
FAQs
Adharma retreats before true tapas and moral authority; the power of the righteous restrains disruptive forces.
Not explicitly indicated in this verse; the passage belongs to the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative sequence.
None.