Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 87
तैर्यंत्रैरभवद्युद्धमंतरिक्षं वितारकम् । तैर्यंत्रैर्मौशलं भग्नं हन्यंते चासुरास्तदा
tairyaṃtrairabhavadyuddhamaṃtarikṣaṃ vitārakam | tairyaṃtrairmauśalaṃ bhagnaṃ hanyaṃte cāsurāstadā
By those machines the battle spread throughout the sky. By those same devices the Mauśala weapon was shattered, and the Asuras were slain at that time.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative)
Listener: Bhārata (addressed)
Scene: A sky-filling battle where mechanical flying devices and weapon-contrivances spread across the firmament; the Mauśala weapon is broken; Asuras fall in heaps amid blazing trails.
FAQs
Dharma’s defense can neutralize even terrifying forces; no weapon is absolute when opposed by rightful order and higher skill.
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