Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16
तस्य देवाधिदेवस्य वेदगर्भस्य संयुगे । शङ्खचक्रधरस्येशा नाहं सर्वे सुरासुराः
tasya devādhidevasya vedagarbhasya saṃyuge | śaṅkhacakradharasyeśā nāhaṃ sarve surāsurāḥ
Dans la bataille contre ce Dieu des dieux—Viṣṇu, matrice même des Veda, porteur de la conque et du disque—ni moi, ni l’ensemble des dieux et des démons réunis, ne sommes son maître.
Īśvara / Maheśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kambu-tīrtha (foreshadowed; named explicitly in 120.20)
Type: ghat
Listener: Pārtha (address appears later in 120.20; discourse likely directed to him across the passage)
Scene: A cosmic battlefield tableau: Viṣṇu as Śaṅkha-cakra-dhara radiating Vedic light, while gods and asuras stand awed, acknowledging his unmasterable sovereignty.
FAQs
Cosmic power is subordinate to the sustaining Lord; the verse stresses reverence for Hari as the Vedic ground of order.
No specific site is named in this verse; it is theological within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.
None; it is a doctrinal clarification about Viṣṇu’s unconquerability in battle.