ततस्ते मानवाः सर्वे प्रद्रवंतः समंततः । इतश्चेतश्च धावन्ति प्राणरक्षणतत्पराः
tataste mānavāḥ sarve pradravaṃtaḥ samaṃtataḥ | itaścetaśca dhāvanti prāṇarakṣaṇatatparāḥ
پھر وہ سب لوگ ہر سمت گھبرا کر بھاگ اٹھے؛ جان بچانے کی دُھن میں اِدھر اُدھر دوڑتے پھرے۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Panicked crowds scattering in all directions across a dusty road network; some look back in terror; the sacred precinct’s gateway stands behind them, lamps flickering as chaos spreads.
When adharma threatens a sacred region, ordinary life collapses into fear; protection of people and kṣetra becomes a dharmic necessity.
The immediate passage frames a threatened tīrtha-kṣetra in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific site is clarified in the surrounding verses (not fully contained in this single shloka).
None in this verse; it describes the people’s panic and flight.
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