Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
ततो निर्भिद्य शूलाग्रैः प्रोत्क्षिप्य गगनांगणे । छत्रवद्धारयामास लंबमानमधोमुखम् । अक्षरद्रुधिरं भूमौ गात्रेभ्यो वर्ष्मसंभवम्
tato nirbhidya śūlāgraiḥ protkṣipya gaganāṃgaṇe | chatravaddhārayāmāsa laṃbamānamadhomukham | akṣaradrudhiraṃ bhūmau gātrebhyo varṣmasaṃbhavam
তেতিয়া শূলৰ আগৰে বিদীৰ্ণ কৰি, শিৱে তাক গগনৰ মুকলি প্ৰাঙ্গণলৈ উছলাই দিলে আৰু ছত্ৰৰ দৰে ওপৰত ধৰি ৰাখিলে—ওলোটা মুখে ঝুলন্ত—তাৰ অঙ্গ-প্ৰত্যঙ্গৰ পৰা জন্মা ৰক্ত ভূমিত টোপ টোপকৈ পৰি থাকিল।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kund
Scene: Śiva pierces Andhaka with trident points, flings him into the sky, and holds him aloft like a parasol; the demon hangs upside down as blood rains onto the earth, marking the ground below as newly sanctified.
FAQs
The divine can subdue unchecked power in a way that publicly overturns pride, making a lesson of adharma.
Not named in this verse; it functions as narrative within a larger tīrtha-glorifying chapter.
None; the verse is descriptive of Śiva’s act.
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