Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 60
नारसिंहं ततो दृष्ट्वा तालमेघो महाबलः । उत्तीर्य स्यन्दनाच्छीघ्रं गृहीत्वा खड्गचर्मणी
nārasiṃhaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā tālamegho mahābalaḥ | uttīrya syandanācchīghraṃ gṛhītvā khaḍgacarmaṇī
Als er die Nārasiṃha-Kraft erblickte, stieg der hochgewaltige Tālamēgha eilends von seinem Wagen herab und ergriff Schwert und Schild.
Narrator
Listener: Pāṇḍava (implied by continued address in passage)
Scene: Tālamēgha, a powerful daitya, sees the oncoming Nārasiṃha-force and urgently leaps down from his chariot; he grips a gleaming sword and a broad shield, bracing for a direct clash as dust rises around the wheels.
FAQs
When confronted by higher divine power, pride gives way to panic and desperate tactics—adharma loses its composure.
No specific site is named in this verse; it remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred Narmadā setting.
None.