Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
तथा पापसमाचारा मनुष्याः शीलवर्जिताः । दुष्टचित्ताः सदा सर्वे तिर्यग्योनिगता अपि
tathā pāpasamācārā manuṣyāḥ śīlavarjitāḥ | duṣṭacittāḥ sadā sarve tiryagyonigatā api
اور وہاں کے لوگ گناہ آلودہ چال چلن والے، نیک خصلت سے محروم ہیں؛ سب ہمیشہ بدباطن ہیں—گویا حیوانی یَونی میں گرے ہوئے ہوں۔
Raktaśṛṅga
Type: kshetra
Listener: implicit interlocutor within the narrative frame
Scene: Raktaśṛṅga describes morally fallen people; visualized as shadowed figures with harsh expressions, contrasted with a faint distant shrine/light suggesting the possibility of redemption through tīrtha.
FAQs
Moral degradation is portrayed as a fall from true humanity; the implied remedy in a Tīrthamāhātmya is purification and reorientation through sacred places and dharma.
Not named in this verse; it supports the narrative frame in which Nāgabila’s sanctity counters the impurity of the mortal realm.
None explicitly; the verse functions as a moral diagnosis rather than a ritual instruction.