ह्रस्वदन्त्यो विदंत्यश्च दीर्घदन्त्यो विभीषणाः । गजदंत्यस्तथैवान्या लोहदंत्योभयावहाः
hrasvadantyo vidaṃtyaśca dīrghadantyo vibhīṣaṇāḥ | gajadaṃtyastathaivānyā lohadaṃtyobhayāvahāḥ
کچھ کے دانت چھوٹے تھے، کچھ بے دانت تھے، اور کچھ کے لمبے دانت نہایت ہیبت ناک تھے۔ کچھ کے ہاتھی جیسے دندان تھے، اور کچھ کے لوہے کے دانت—دہشت لانے والے۔
Unspecified (narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close, unsettling portraits of beings with varied dentition: toothless mouths, needle-long teeth, elephantine tusks, and metallic iron teeth—set against a dim sacred landscape to emphasize dread and liminality.
Fearsome imagery functions as a moral-spiritual pressure: the devotee is to cultivate fearlessness rooted in dharma while traversing sacred spaces.
The verse is within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 88); the specific tīrtha is not named here.
No ritual prescription is present in this verse.