Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
रक्तशृंग उवाच । नाहं तत्र गमिष्यामि मर्त्य भूमौ कथंचन । यत्र कण्टकिनो वृक्षा रूक्षाः फलविवर्जिताः
raktaśṛṃga uvāca | nāhaṃ tatra gamiṣyāmi martya bhūmau kathaṃcana | yatra kaṇṭakino vṛkṣā rūkṣāḥ phalavivarjitāḥ
รัคตศฤงคะกล่าวว่า: เราจะไม่ไปยังแดนมนุษย์นั้นเลย ที่ซึ่งต้นไม้มีหนาม หยาบกระด้าง แห้งแล้ง และปราศจากผล
Raktaśṛṅga
Type: kshetra
Listener: (addressed indirectly) the interlocutor in the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative; immediate addressee not explicit in this verse
Scene: Raktaśṛṅga speaks with aversion toward the mortal realm; behind him a bleak landscape of thorny, leafless trees and cracked earth, emphasizing sterility and spiritual dryness.
FAQs
Attachment to comfort can obstruct dharma; the narrative sets up the transformation of an apparently harsh place into a sacred, auspicious landscape.
The dialogue concerns going toward Nāgabila (named earlier), though this verse focuses on reluctance to enter the mortal region.
None; the verse is descriptive and argumentative, emphasizing environmental hardship as a reason for refusal.