Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11
हृष्टस्तुष्टोऽवसत्तत्र सचिवैः सह सोऽन्धकः । ददर्श स जगत्सर्वं तुरङ्गांश्च पदातिकान्
hṛṣṭastuṣṭo'vasattatra sacivaiḥ saha so'ndhakaḥ | dadarśa sa jagatsarvaṃ turaṅgāṃśca padātikān
এইদৰে অন্ধক নিজৰ সচিবসকলৰ সৈতে তাতেই বাস কৰিলে, হৃষ্ট আৰু তুষ্ট হৈ। সি সমগ্ৰ ৰাজ্যখন—অশ্বাৰোহী আৰু পদাতিক সৈন্যসহ—দেখিলে।
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Scene: Andhaka seated with ministers in a courtly hall, surveying cavalry lines and foot-soldiers assembled in disciplined ranks.
FAQs
Worldly power and military strength can intoxicate the mind; Purāṇas often foreshadow that such pride invites divine correction.
This verse is primarily narrative (Andhaka’s rule) within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting; no specific tīrtha is explicitly praised in this line.
None in this verse.
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