Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
अथ रात्रिं समालोक्य दीर्घां ये कामुका जनाः । ते सर्वे तुष्टिमापन्नास्तथा च कुल स्त्रियः
atha rātriṃ samālokya dīrghāṃ ye kāmukā janāḥ | te sarve tuṣṭimāpannāstathā ca kula striyaḥ
پھر جب انہوں نے رات کو طویل دیکھا تو جو لوگ عیش کے دلدادہ تھے وہ سب خوش ہو گئے؛ اور اسی طرح گھرانوں کی عورتیں بھی مسرور ہوئیں۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta-like narration within Māhātmya)
Tirtha: (Contextual) Miracle-associated kṣetra near the pādāghāta-kunda
Type: kshetra
Scene: A town under an unusually long night: pleasure-seekers celebrate, while household women also appear pleased; lamps glow, music and revelry continue beneath a dark sky lacking dawn.
FAQs
When cosmic order falters, people of different dispositions respond differently—highlighting the need for dharmic steadiness over sensual delight.
This verse continues the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha narrative; it does not name the tīrtha but describes social effects around it.
None; it describes a reaction to the prolonged night.