Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30
तद्भार्गवेणाद्य कृतं वृथा नः संजीव्य तानाजिमृतान्विपक्षान् । आवर्त्य विद्यां मृतजीवदात्रीमेकैकमुद्दिश्य सहेलमीश
tadbhārgaveṇādya kṛtaṃ vṛthā naḥ saṃjīvya tānājimṛtānvipakṣān | āvartya vidyāṃ mṛtajīvadātrīmekaikamuddiśya sahelamīśa
«يا ربّ، إن ما فعله اليوم البهارغافا قد جعل مساعينا هباءً؛ إذ يحيي أعداءنا الذين قُتلوا في المعركة، ويستدعي مرارًا علمًا يهب الحياة، موجّهًا إياه إليهم واحدًا بعد واحد كأن الأمر يسير.»
Nandī (speaking to Śiva within Skanda’s narration)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nandī explains how Bhārgava (Śukra) makes their efforts futile by repeatedly invoking a life-restoring vidyā to revive slain foes one by one, seemingly with ease; the scene is tense, accusatory, and urgent before Śiva.
FAQs
Power without dharma can prolong conflict; protection ultimately rests in the Lord who governs all powers, even mantras.
The verse sits within Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s sacred narrative world; no specific tīrtha is named in this complaint.
No prescription; it references a vidyā/mantra (Sañjīvanī) as an opposing force in the story.