Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
तत्र स्थितं तं विज्ञाय चापमादाय केशवः । व्यसृजद्बाणमाग्नेयं दह्यतामिति चिन्तयन्
tatra sthitaṃ taṃ vijñāya cāpamādāya keśavaḥ | vyasṛjadbāṇamāgneyaṃ dahyatāmiti cintayan
Knowing him to be stationed there, Keśava took up his bow and released a fiery missile, thinking, “Let him be burned.”
Narrator (contextual; continuation of Maheśa’s account)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) region (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: king
Scene: Keśava lifts the bow, aims into the netherworld, and releases an Āgneya missile—flames streaming along the arrow’s path into cavernous darkness.
FAQs
When adharma becomes entrenched, the divine acts decisively to restrain it, symbolized by the purifying fire-weapon.
None explicitly; the verse is part of a narrative episode rather than a direct tirtha-māhātmya statement.
None; the focus is on the narrative use of an āgneya (fiery) astra.