Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
किमन्यैः कृपणैर्ध्वस्तैर्यैः किंचिन्नात्र सिध्यति । तस्य तद्वचनश्रुत्वा भगवांस्तूर्णमभ्यगात् । यत्र दानवमुख्योऽसौ हिरण्याक्षो महाबलः
kimanyaiḥ kṛpaṇairdhvastairyaiḥ kiṃcinnātra sidhyati | tasya tadvacanaśrutvā bhagavāṃstūrṇamabhyagāt | yatra dānavamukhyo'sau hiraṇyākṣo mahābalaḥ
«ما نفعُ أعداءٍ آخرين بائسين قد سُحقوا، لا يُنجَز بهم هنا شيء؟» فلمّا سمع الربّ المبارك كلامه أسرع وانطلق إلى الموضع الذي كان فيه هيرانيياكشا، شديدُ البأس، سيّدُ الدانَفَة.
Sūta
Scene: Śiva, having heard Indra, strides forth with divine speed toward the stronghold of Hiraṇyākṣa; devas follow; the landscape shifts from serene riverbank to ominous asura territory, with dark clouds and fortified silhouettes.
FAQs
Spiritual and social crises are resolved by addressing the central source of harm; divine protection is portrayed as swift when dharma is sincerely sought.
The episode remains anchored in the Gaṅgādvāra tīrtha narrative frame, from which divine intervention proceeds.
No direct prescription; it continues the fruit of tapas—divine mobilization to remove obstacles to dharma.