Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 105
ततःप्रभृति ते सर्वे राक्षसत्वं प्रपेदिरे । क्रूराण्यपि च कर्माणि कुर्वंति च पदेपदे
tataḥprabhṛti te sarve rākṣasatvaṃ prapedire | krūrāṇyapi ca karmāṇi kurvaṃti ca padepade
اسی وقت سے وہ سب راکشسوں کی حالت کو پہنچ گئے، اور ہر قدم پر نہایت سفّاک اعمال بھی کرتے رہے۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Camatkārapura
Type: kshetra
Listener: A King (rājan)
Scene: A narrator describes a group whose nature has turned rākṣasa-like; their footsteps leave signs of harm—broken offerings, frightened villagers, darkened ritual space.
FAQs
Character is shaped by repeated actions; cruelty practiced continually hardens into a destructive nature (rākṣasatva).
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it serves the moral arc within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
None; the verse is descriptive of moral decline and conduct.