Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 1
लोमश उवाच । वल्गमानं तमायांतं तारका सुरमोजसा । आजघान च वज्रेण इंद्रो मतिमतां वरः
lomaśa uvāca | valgamānaṃ tamāyāṃtaṃ tārakā suramojasā | ājaghāna ca vajreṇa iṃdro matimatāṃ varaḥ
Lomaśa sprach: „Als Tāraka, springend, mit der Kraft eines Deva heranstürmte, traf ihn Indra—der Beste unter den Einsichtigen—mit dem Vajra, dem Donnerkeil.“
Lomaśa
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Lomaśa narrates as Indra, poised and resolute, hurls/strikes with the blazing vajra at the leaping Tāraka; lightning arcs across a darkened sky.
FAQs
Discernment (mati) paired with righteous action is celebrated; even amid conflict, the text highlights measured intelligence as a divine virtue.
This is within Kedāra Khaṇḍa’s narrative setting connected to the Kedāra sacred region, but the verse itself is battle narration rather than tīrtha praise.
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