Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
अथ तैर्भ्रममाणैश्च प्रदृष्टोऽभूद्गजो महान् । निश्वसन्पतितो भूमौ वह्नितापप्रपीडितः
atha tairbhramamāṇaiśca pradṛṣṭo'bhūdgajo mahān | niśvasanpatito bhūmau vahnitāpaprapīḍitaḥ
پھر جب وہ بھٹک رہے تھے تو انہوں نے ایک عظیم ہاتھی دیکھا—ہانپتا ہوا، زمین پر گرا پڑا، آگ کی تپش سے سخت ستایا ہوا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devas discover a massive elephant lying on the ground, sides heaving, trunk slack, eyes half-closed; heat shimmer and ember-glow around it; Brahmā and Viṣṇu approach with concern, attendants gesturing toward the source of fire.
FAQs
Suffering in the world becomes a catalyst for intervention and inquiry; dharma begins with noticing distress and responding rightly.
Not specified in this verse; it functions as narrative context within the Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.
None is stated in this verse.