Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
अजारूपान्स्वयं पश्चाद्यष्टिमादाय रक्षति । एवं तस्य नरेन्द्रस्य वर्तमानस्य भूतले
ajārūpānsvayaṃ paścādyaṣṭimādāya rakṣati | evaṃ tasya narendrasya vartamānasya bhūtale
پھر بعد میں وہ لاٹھی ہاتھ میں لے کر خود بکری کی صورت اختیار کرکے ان کی نگہبانی کرتا رہا۔ یوں وہ نریندر زمین پر رہتے ہوئے ایسا ہی تھا۔
Sūta (continuing narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A king, transformed or disguised as a goat-headed/ goat-formed guardian, holds a staff and watches over restrained disease-forms or vulnerable subjects; the scene blends pastoral imagery with royal authority.
FAQs
Dharma may be protected through humble forms and vigilant discipline—power is shown as service, not display.
This line does not identify a particular tīrtha; it reinforces the episode’s dharmic protection theme within the Tīrthamāhātmya.
No ritual is prescribed; it narrates protective action and vigilant guardianship.