Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4
न विष्णुना न चंद्रेण न चान्येनापि केनचित् । शक्यो हंतुं स दुष्टात्मा अर्धनारीश्वरं विना
na viṣṇunā na caṃdreṇa na cānyenāpi kenacit | śakyo haṃtuṃ sa duṣṭātmā ardhanārīśvaraṃ vinā
„Weder Viṣṇu noch der Mondgott noch irgendjemand sonst kann jenen Bösewicht töten — außer Ardhanārīśvara (Śiva, vereint mit Śakti).“
Devas (speaking to Śiva/Ardhanārīśvara, as narrated by Sūta)
Tirtha: Ardhanārīśvara (conceptual tīrtha focus)
Type: temple
Listener: Śiva (with Devī)
Scene: The devas declare that no deity can slay Dāruka except Ardhanārīśvara; the camera of imagination shifts to the iconic half-male half-female form radiating decisive power.
FAQs
Some obstacles yield only to the integrated power of consciousness and energy—Śiva and Śakti together—symbolized by Ardhanārīśvara.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse is primarily theological, praising Ardhanārīśvara’s unique potency.
None.