Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
अगम्यं मनसा तेषां प्रविष्टा वरुणालयम् । शस्त्रैश्च क्षतसर्वांगा हतनाथाः सुदुःखिताः
agamyaṃ manasā teṣāṃ praviṣṭā varuṇālayam | śastraiśca kṣatasarvāṃgā hatanāthāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ
เกินกว่าที่ใจจะคาดคิด พวกเขาเข้าไปถึงวิมานแห่งวรุณะ กายทั้งสิ้นบาดเจ็บด้วยอาวุธ ผู้นำถูกสังหาร และจมอยู่ในความทุกข์ใหญ่หลวง
Narrator (implied Purāṇic narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya frame)
Tirtha: Varuṇālaya (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Defeated Dānavas, bodies scarred and armor broken, limp toward a vast oceanic palace—Varuṇa’s abode—gleaming with watery blues and pearl-like light; their faces show grief and shock at the unimaginable turn.
FAQs
Adharma leads to suffering and disorientation; when protectors fall, refuge itself becomes uncertain and painful.
The verse references Varuṇa’s realm (Varuṇālaya) as a cosmological location; it does not explicitly name a terrestrial tīrtha here.
None.