Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
कूर्मकुक्कुटसर्पादिसमारूढाः सहस्रशः । प्रकुर्वंत्यो रुदन्त्यश्च गायन्त्यश्च तथा पराः । नृत्यंत्यश्च हसंत्यश्च क्रीडासक्ताः परस्परम्
kūrmakukkuṭasarpādisamārūḍhāḥ sahasraśaḥ | prakurvaṃtyo rudantyaśca gāyantyaśca tathā parāḥ | nṛtyaṃtyaśca hasaṃtyaśca krīḍāsaktāḥ parasparam
成千上万者骑乘于龟、雄鸡、蛇等类之上：有的狂乱作态，有的悲泣啼哭，有的吟唱歌咏；有的起舞，有的欢笑，彼此沉浸于嬉戏之中。
Unspecified (narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A teeming multitude ‘by the thousands’ on tortoises, roosters, serpents; some wail, some sing, some dance, some laugh—interlaced gestures creating a swirling, noisy tableau near a sacred boundary.
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The scene suggests the sacred realm’s intensity—joy, grief, song, and frenzy—prompting the seeker to remain anchored in righteous awareness.
The passage belongs to the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the particular tīrtha is not stated in this verse.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse is narrative description.
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