Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
ततश्चाकर्षयामास खङ्गं कोशात्सुनिर्मलम् । आक्रष्टुं न च शक्रोति वैलक्ष्यं परमं गतः
tataścākarṣayāmāsa khaṅgaṃ kośātsunirmalam | ākraṣṭuṃ na ca śakroti vailakṣyaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ
Dann versuchte er, sein makelloses Schwert aus der Scheide zu ziehen; doch er vermochte es nicht herauszuziehen und geriet in äußerste Verlegenheit.
Deductive attribution: Purāṇic narrator
Scene: A king, face tight with frustration, grips the hilt of a gleaming sword; the blade will not budge from the scabbard. Onlookers stare as his confidence collapses into embarrassment.
FAQs
When dharma is violated, even one’s instruments of power become useless; disgrace follows inner corruption.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the chapter’s larger tīrtha-centered moral narrative.
None.