Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
शिरोहीनां तथा छायां गगने भास्करद्वयम् । अरुंधतीं ध्रुवं चैव न च विष्णुपदानि सः
śirohīnāṃ tathā chāyāṃ gagane bhāskaradvayam | aruṃdhatīṃ dhruvaṃ caiva na ca viṣṇupadāni saḥ
اس نے بے سر سایہ اور آسمان میں دو سورج دیکھے؛ نہ ارُندھتی دکھائی دی، نہ دھرو، اور نہ ہی وِشنو کے قدموں کے نشان۔
Narrator (contextual, within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Indra gazes upward: a headless shadow moves unnaturally; two suns blaze in a washed-out sky; the familiar guiding stars—Arundhatī and Dhruva—are absent; even Viṣṇu’s sacred footprints/marks cannot be perceived, suggesting a veiling of auspiciousness.
FAQs
When cosmic order appears disturbed in Purāṇic storytelling, it reflects a disturbance in dharma and foretells consequences for pride and wrongdoing.
No specific tīrtha is identified in this verse; it describes ominous celestial signs within the chapter.
None; it enumerates celestial and symbolic inauspicious signs.