Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 100
तथा दृष्ट्वा कालनेमिस्तदानीं प्रहस्यमानोऽतिरुषा बलान्वितः । कस्त्वं महाभाग वरेण्यरूपः श्यामो युवा वारणमत्तविक्रमः । करे गृहीतं निशितं महाप्रभं चक्रं च कस्मात्कथयस्व मे प्रभो
tathā dṛṣṭvā kālanemistadānīṃ prahasyamāno'tiruṣā balānvitaḥ | kastvaṃ mahābhāga vareṇyarūpaḥ śyāmo yuvā vāraṇamattavikramaḥ | kare gṛhītaṃ niśitaṃ mahāprabhaṃ cakraṃ ca kasmātkathayasva me prabho
Al verlo así, Kālanemi, riendo con desprecio y lleno de feroz ira y fuerza, dijo: "¿Quién eres tú, oh afortunado de forma admirable, de tez oscura, joven, con la fuerza de un elefante embriagado? ¿Y por qué sostienes en tu mano ese disco afilado y espléndido? Dímelo, oh señor."
Kālanemi
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience (contextual)
Scene: Kālanemi, powerful and enraged, laughs scornfully as he confronts the youthful dark-hued Lord on Garuḍa, questioning his identity and the blazing discus in his hand.
FAQs
Ego and hostility make one challenge the Divine; outward power cannot recognize the higher protector of dharma.
The Kedāra region is the larger sacred frame (Kedāra Khaṇḍa), though this verse itself centers on the battle dialogue.
None; it is a narrative exchange preceding combat.
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