Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5
सूनुर्ब्रह्मसुतस्यायमन्धको नाम दुर्मदः । निजस्थाने वसन् पापः कुर्वन् राज्यमकण्टकम्
sūnurbrahmasutasyāyamandhako nāma durmadaḥ | nijasthāne vasan pāpaḥ kurvan rājyamakaṇṭakam
Dieser, Andhaka genannt, hochmütig und verblendet, war der Sohn des Sohnes Brahmās. In seinem eigenen Reich verweilend, herrschte jener Sünder ohne jedes Hindernis.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Śūlabheda (contextual; narrative cause)
Listener: Uttānapāda
Scene: Andhaka is introduced: arrogant, deluded, ruling his domain without opposition; the scene suggests oppressive order—quiet before divine disruption.
FAQs
Even high lineage and unchallenged sovereignty can coexist with adharma; Purāṇas warn that power without humility becomes spiritually ruinous.
Śūlabheda-tīrtha is the chapter’s focus, but this verse provides Andhaka’s background rather than the site’s description.
None in this verse.