Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
एकनेत्रा द्विनेत्राश्च त्रिनेत्राश्च तथापराः । काश्चिद्गजसमारूढा हयारूढास्तथापराः
ekanetrā dvinetrāśca trinetrāśca tathāparāḥ | kāścidgajasamārūḍhā hayārūḍhāstathāparāḥ
کچھ ایک آنکھ والے تھے، کچھ دو آنکھوں والے، اور کچھ تین آنکھوں والے۔ کچھ ہاتھیوں پر سوار تھے، اور کچھ گھوڑوں پر سوار تھے۔
Unspecified (narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A shifting crowd of beings: some cyclopean, some normal-eyed, some three-eyed; a few ride elephants with caparisons, others ride horses, forming a surreal cavalcade near a sacred path or water-edge.
FAQs
The verse reinforces the majesty and strangeness that can accompany holy regions, encouraging courage and steadfastness in righteous conduct.
The shloka is part of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 88); the exact tīrtha is not identified in this line.
No ritual instruction is given here.