Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30
ज्वालयति च तत्सैन्यं गृहं कोशं तथैव च । महिष्यः पुत्रकाः सर्वं ज्वलमानं भविष्यति
jvālayati ca tatsainyaṃ gṛhaṃ kośaṃ tathaiva ca | mahiṣyaḥ putrakāḥ sarvaṃ jvalamānaṃ bhaviṣyati
It will set ablaze that army, and likewise the houses and the treasury; the queens and the sons—everything will be burning.
Hanumān (deduced)
Scene: A vision of flames racing through a royal camp: soldiers’ tents, palace houses, and the treasury engulfed; queens and princes in panic as the entire scene glows red-orange.
FAQs
Adharma invites swift destruction; heed righteous counsel to avert calamity.
The passage belongs to the Dharmāraṇya setting and leads toward the glorification of Rāmatīrtha later in the chapter.
An apotropaic (harm-averting) act is implied: using the puṭikā as instructed to prevent such fiery devastation.
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