Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
पुनश्च दानवो रौद्रः पशुत्वं समपद्यत । तस्यामेव तु गर्तायां संतिष्ठति द्विजोत्तमाः
punaśca dānavo raudraḥ paśutvaṃ samapadyata | tasyāmeva tu gartāyāṃ saṃtiṣṭhati dvijottamāḥ
اور پھر وہ ہیبت ناک دانَو پھر حیوانی حالت میں جا گرا؛ اور اسی گڑھے میں ٹھہرا رہا، اے دِوِجوں میں افضل۔
Unspecified in snippet (within Sūta-led narration context of the adhyāya)
Type: kund
Listener: dvijottamāḥ (addressed)
Scene: A fierce dānava, newly altered, collapses into beast-state and remains confined in the same pit; brāhmaṇas observe with relief and caution, the pit marked as a liminal boundary.
FAQs
Adharma leads to degradation; the narrative frames moral fall as a visible consequence within a sacred-history setting.
Not specified in the provided verse; the passage belongs to a broader Tīrthamāhātmya account.
None is stated here; it describes the demon’s condition and confinement.