Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 92
उपायं च करिष्यामि येनायं न भवे दिति । ततः स जीवितं प्राप्य प्रसादाच्छंकरस्य च । चर्मखङ्गमथादाय तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत्
upāyaṃ ca kariṣyāmi yenāyaṃ na bhave diti | tataḥ sa jīvitaṃ prāpya prasādācchaṃkarasya ca | carmakhaṅgamathādāya tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt
“I shall devise a means by which this one will no longer be a terror.” Then, having regained his life by Śaṅkara’s grace, he took up his hide-shield and sword and cried, “Stand! Stand!”
Narrator (Purāṇic voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya; likely Sūta/Skanda framework)
Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The revived warrior, empowered by Śaṅkara’s grace, rises gripping a hide-shield and sword, shouting a challenge; the opposing divine figure prepares a measured response, signaling strategy over rage.
FAQs
Even amid conflict, the Purāṇa emphasizes that life and victory ultimately depend on divine grace—here, Śaṅkara’s favor.
The verse belongs to Dvārakā Māhātmya, situating the episode in the sanctified landscape of Dvārakā within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
No explicit vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa is prescribed in this verse; it is narrative context.