Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 76
अक्षय्यमेतत्संग्रामे प्रथमं ते प्रमुंचतः । शत्रूणां स्थानकं मृत्योर्देहं ध्वस्तं करिष्यति
akṣayyametatsaṃgrāme prathamaṃ te pramuṃcataḥ | śatrūṇāṃ sthānakaṃ mṛtyordehaṃ dhvastaṃ kariṣyati
Dies ist im Kampf unerschöpflich. Wenn du es als Erstes freisetzt, wird es die Feste der Feinde zerschmettern und selbst den Leib des Todes zerbrochen machen.
Vijaya (instructing Barbarīka about its use in battle)
Scene: A warrior receives an inexhaustible, first-released power that collapses enemy fortifications; Death personified recoils, its form shattered—an allegory of fearlessness granted by consecrated might.
FAQs
Divine aid, when applied rightly and at the proper time, removes even the fear of death and ensures victory aligned with dharma.
No location is named; the verse concerns a battle-boon/aid within the narrative.
A practical instruction: in battle, ‘release/use it first’ (prathamaṃ pramuñcataḥ) for decisive effect.