Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
महिषो दानवेन्द्रस्तु कल्पांतां भोदसन्निभः । अस्त्रं चकार सावित्रमुल्कासंघातमंडितम्
mahiṣo dānavendrastu kalpāṃtāṃ bhodasannibhaḥ | astraṃ cakāra sāvitramulkāsaṃghātamaṃḍitam
Pero Mahiṣa, señor de los Dānavas—terrible como el fuego al fin de un kalpa—forjó un arma Sāvitra, adornada con una masa de llamas meteóricas.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)
Scene: Mahiṣa, towering and terrifying, conjures a radiant Sāvitra astra; the sky fills with a cluster of meteoric fireballs, like a shower of blazing ulkās, casting harsh light over the field.
FAQs
Purāṇas depict even destructive forces drawing on ‘solar’ power; power itself is neutral—its moral weight depends on the wielder’s dharma.
None is mentioned; this is a mythic battle passage.
None.