Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22
शक्त्या च महिषो दैत्यो विनदंतो महाररवम् । निराकृतं तमालोक्य दुर्जनैः सुजनं यथा
śaktyā ca mahiṣo daityo vinadaṃto mahāraravam | nirākṛtaṃ tamālokya durjanaiḥ sujanaṃ yathā
And the daitya Mahiṣa, roaring with a mighty cry, assailed him with a śakti (spear); seeing him repulsed, it was as though the wicked were rejecting a virtuous man.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Listener: Bhārata (addressed)
Scene: Mahīṣa-daitya roaring, thrusting a spear; the weapon is repulsed, while the poet’s simile overlays a moral tableau of a noble person being rejected by the wicked.
FAQs
The text contrasts noble intent with wicked opposition, reminding that goodness may be resisted yet remains praiseworthy.
No specific sacred place is referenced in this verse.
None.