Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5
करेण वामेन जघान लीलया तं कालनेमिं ह्यसुरं महाबलम् । तेनैव शूलेन समाहतोऽसौ मूर्च्छान्वितोऽसौ सहसा पपात
kareṇa vāmena jaghāna līlayā taṃ kālanemiṃ hyasuraṃ mahābalam | tenaiva śūlena samāhato'sau mūrcchānvito'sau sahasā papāta
Mit seiner linken Hand schlug er spielerisch jenen mächtigen Asura Kalanemi. Dann, von eben diesem Dreizack getroffen, fiel er sofort ohnmächtig nieder.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/interlocutor in Kedāra-khaṇḍa frame
Scene: Viṣṇu strikes Kālanemi lightly with the left hand—almost playful—yet the asura reels; the same trident’s blow leaves him collapsing in a swoon.
FAQs
Adharma, however mighty, is shown as powerless before the divine will, which acts effortlessly (līlayā).
Kedāra-kṣetra is the larger Kedārakhaṇḍa setting; the verse is part of the surrounding glorificatory narrative.
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