Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
ततः स नृपतिस्तेन वायुवेगेन वाजिना । नीतो दूरं दुर्गमार्गं सर्वजंतुविवर्जितम्
tataḥ sa nṛpatistena vāyuvegena vājinā | nīto dūraṃ durgamārgaṃ sarvajaṃtuvivarjitam
随后，那位君王被那匹疾如风的骏马载着，沿着艰险之路远远带去；其道荒寂，万类皆绝。
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta continuing the account)
Scene: A lone king on a swift horse racing through an empty, forbidding corridor of land—no birds, no animals—only wind and dust.
FAQs
A solitary, difficult passage often precedes purification and encounter with the unseen; Māhātmyas use such imagery to mark entry into sacred terrain.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative movement toward the later revelation of place and merit.
None; the verse describes the king’s forced progress through an uninhabited route.
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