अथ लिंगस्य पातेन त्रैलोक्यभयशंसिनः । उत्पाता दारुणास्तस्थुः सर्वत्र द्विजसत्तमाः
atha liṃgasya pātena trailokyabhayaśaṃsinaḥ | utpātā dāruṇāstasthuḥ sarvatra dvijasattamāḥ
پھر لِنگ کے گرنے کے سبب، تینوں جہانوں کے لیے خوف کی خبر دینے والے ہولناک شگون ہر طرف ظاہر ہو گئے، اے افضلِ دِویج!
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (addressing sages as dvijasattama)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-sattama
Scene: Across the three worlds, skies darken, animals panic, lamps flicker; sages and brāhmaṇas look upward as unnatural signs ripple outward from the sacred epicenter.
When divine order is disrupted, the cosmos reflects it through omens; dharma requires restoration through right understanding and propitiation.
Not named in this verse; it functions as a prelude to a site’s sanctification through crisis and resolution.
None here; the verse describes omens, often followed by prayers and remedial rites in later passages.