Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
रुदंत्यो या विनिर्यांति चत्वरेषु त्रिकेषु च । तासां गर्भस्तु युष्माकं संप्रदत्तः प्रभुज्यताम्
rudaṃtyo yā viniryāṃti catvareṣu trikeṣu ca | tāsāṃ garbhastu yuṣmākaṃ saṃpradattaḥ prabhujyatām
اور وہ خواتین جو روتی ہوئی چوراہوں اور سہ راہوں پر نکلتی ہیں، ان کے حمل تمہارے حوالے کر دیے گئے ہیں؛ انہیں دیے گئے نذرانے کے طور پر استعمال کرو۔
Two devīs (continuation of devyāv ūcatuḥ)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A dim village crossroad at dusk; a weeping pregnant woman at a four-way junction; shadowy graha/ḍākinī figures implied at the margins; a protective lamp and ritual marks suggested as counterforce.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma treats junctions and thresholds as spiritually sensitive; improper conduct amid fear and disorder is shown to invite harmful forces.
The verse belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context, but it does not specify a named tīrtha.
No direct prescription; it references liminal locations (crossroads/tri-junctions) that are traditionally approached with protective rites and disciplined behavior.