Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 42
प्रकंपिता धरादेवी दिशापाला भयातुराः । घोरा वातास्तदाऽशांताः शब्दं कुर्वंति दिग्गजाः
prakaṃpitā dharādevī diśāpālā bhayāturāḥ | ghorā vātāstadā'śāṃtāḥ śabdaṃ kurvaṃti diggajāḥ
دھرتی دیوی لرز اٹھی؛ سمتوں کے پالک خوف سے بے قرار ہو گئے۔ اس وقت ہولناک، بے چین ہوائیں چلیں اور دِگ گج زور سے چنگھاڑنے لگے۔
Vyāsa (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (as the narrative epicenter)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The earth-goddess shown trembling; dikpālas at the horizons with anxious faces; violent winds bending trees; colossal elephants at the quarters raising their trunks and trumpeting; sky darkened with swirling clouds.
FAQs
Cosmic order reacts to moral and divine upheaval; nature becomes a mirror of dharma under strain.
The verse uses cosmic imagery rather than naming a tirtha; it intensifies the sanctified narrative space of Dharmāraṇya.
None; the verse is an omen-description (utpāta) style passage.