Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30
तस्य दृष्ट्वा ह्यजेयत्वं गजारूढस्य तत्तदा । त्रिशूलेनाहनच्छंभुः सगजं तमपातयत्
tasya dṛṣṭvā hyajeyatvaṃ gajārūḍhasya tattadā | triśūlenāhanacchaṃbhuḥ sagajaṃ tamapātayat
Da sah Śambhu die Unbesiegbarkeit dessen, der auf einem Elefanten ritt; er schlug mit dem Dreizack zu und stürzte ihn samt dem Elefanten zu Boden.
Lomaśa (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śambhu, perceiving the elephant-mounted warrior’s seeming invincibility, strikes decisively with the triśūla, felling both rider and elephant—an iconic moment of divine intervention and turning point in the līlā.
FAQs
Śiva restores cosmic order: even the seemingly invincible is subdued when dharma requires correction.
The episode is situated within Kedārakhaṇḍa, contributing to Kedāra’s sacred narrative tapestry.
None; the verse is a narrative action within the mythic account.