Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
नीलांबरधरः कृष्णः पुरुषो वक्रनासिकः । कृष्णदन्तः स्थूलशिरा दीर्घग्रीवो महोदरः । शूर्पाकारांघ्रिरेवाऽसौ चिपिटाक्षो भयावहः
nīlāṃbaradharaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puruṣo vakranāsikaḥ | kṛṣṇadantaḥ sthūlaśirā dīrghagrīvo mahodaraḥ | śūrpākārāṃghrirevā'sau cipiṭākṣo bhayāvahaḥ
نیلے لباس میں ملبوس ایک سیاہ فام مرد ظاہر ہوا—ٹیڑھی ناک والا، سیاہ دانتوں والا، بھاری سر، لمبی گردن اور بڑا پیٹ؛ اس کے پاؤں پھاوڑے جیسے، آنکھیں چپٹی اور بگڑی ہوئی—دیکھنے میں ہولناک۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: A terrifying dark male figure appears from the churned ocean: blue garments, crooked nose, black teeth, heavy head, long neck, huge belly, shovel-like feet, distorted flat eyes—an omen-like emergence amid cosmic turbulence.
FAQs
The Purāṇas warn that not all that emerges from intense striving is auspicious; discernment and adherence to dharma are necessary.
No tīrtha is named in this description verse.
No ritual prescription is stated.