Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 148
जलसर्पं समादाय सुदीर्घं भीषणाकृतिम् । लेलिहानं मुहुर्जिह्वां जरया परया वृतम्
jalasarpaṃ samādāya sudīrghaṃ bhīṣaṇākṛtim | lelihānaṃ muhurjihvāṃ jarayā parayā vṛtam
اس نے ایک آبی سانپ اٹھا لیا—نہایت لمبا اور ہولناک صورت والا؛ جس کی زبان بار بار لپلپاتی تھی اور جس کا بدن انتہائی بڑھاپے سے لپٹا ہوا تھا۔
Sūta (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A villain lifts a huge, terrifying water-serpent, its tongue flicking, body aged and rough, presenting it like a weapon before a festival crowd.
FAQs
Worldly terror and bodily decay are shown as objects to be witnessed—not feared—preparing the ground for the praise of yogic steadiness at a tīrtha.
The verse is within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (tīrtha-glorification context), but this single line does not name the site explicitly.
None is stated in this verse; it is narrative description setting up the mahātmya teaching.