Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 95
तमोऽस्त्रं मुमुचे रौद्रं कृत्वा रावं स तत्क्षणात् । एतस्मिन्नंतरे कृत्स्नं त्रैलोक्यं तमसा वृतम्
tamo'straṃ mumuce raudraṃ kṛtvā rāvaṃ sa tatkṣaṇāt | etasminnaṃtare kṛtsnaṃ trailokyaṃ tamasā vṛtam
Mit wildem Gebrüll schleuderte er augenblicklich die schreckliche Waffe der Finsternis; und in eben diesem Moment wurden die drei Welten ganz von Dunkel umhüllt.
Narrator (Purāṇic voice within the Tīrthamāhātmya frame; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: A dānava releases a ‘weapon of darkness’ with a roar; the sky and horizons collapse into blackness, swallowing the three worlds; only faint silhouettes remain.
FAQs
Spiritual ignorance (tamas) is portrayed as a weapon that obscures all worlds; dharma requires restoring clarity and light.
No particular site is mentioned in the verse itself.
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