Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55
भुजानामयुतं कृत्वा दैत्यराजो हि तारकः । आरुह्य सिंहं सहसा घातयामास तान्रणे
bhujānāmayutaṃ kṛtvā daityarājo hi tārakaḥ | āruhya siṃhaṃ sahasā ghātayāmāsa tānraṇe
تارَكا، ملكُ الدَّيتْيَة، جمعَ جموعًا غفيرةً من المحاربين، فامتطى أسدًا على حينِ غِرّة، وضربهم في ساحة القتال فأرداهم صرعى.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Tāraka, the daitya-king, rides a lion into the fray; his arms and weapons fill the space; he strikes suddenly at the deva host—an explosive, central charge.
FAQs
Sheer force and spectacle can terrorize the field, yet Purāṇic narratives ultimately subordinate such might to divine justice and dharma.
Kedāra-khaṇḍa’s sacred region forms the backdrop; no specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.