Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24
तत्रोद्विग्ना द्विजाः सर्वे पलायंते दिशो दश । गताः सर्वे भूमिदेवा स्त्यक्त्वा स्थानं मनोरमम्
tatrodvignā dvijāḥ sarve palāyaṃte diśo daśa | gatāḥ sarve bhūmidevā styaktvā sthānaṃ manoramam
وہاں سب دو بار جنم لینے والے (دویج) گھبرا کر دسوں سمتوں میں بھاگ گئے؛ زمین کے دیوتا کہلانے والے سب لوگ وہ دلکش مقام چھوڑ کر روانہ ہو گئے۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmins with staffs and waterpots depart in all ten directions from a serene grove-city; abandoned altars and quiet homes remain; the landscape looks beautiful yet emptied.
FAQs
When protectors of dharma are driven away, a sacred place’s visible religious life collapses, showing the social dimension of tīrtha-preservation.
Dharmāraṇya and its charming settlement are the locale whose sanctity is implied by the presence of many dvijas.
None; it narrates the consequences of sustained obstruction.