सनंदकं करं तस्य प्रोद्यतं मधुविद्विषः । पश्यतां दिविसिद्धानां स्तंभयामास हुंकृता
sanaṃdakaṃ karaṃ tasya prodyataṃ madhuvidviṣaḥ | paśyatāṃ divisiddhānāṃ staṃbhayāmāsa huṃkṛtā
Lorsque l’ennemi de Madhu (Hari) leva la main tenant Nandaka, le seigneur des Gaṇas figea ce bras levé d’un retentissant « hūṃ », sous les yeux des Siddhas célestes.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (typical frame)
Scene: Hari raises the sword Nandaka; the Gaṇa-lord utters a thunderous hūṃ and the uplifted arm freezes mid-air; Siddhas watch from the sky in astonishment.
Mantric power (śabda-śakti) grounded in divine authority can restrain brute force—an emblem of spiritual sovereignty.
Kāśī, where Śaiva power is narrated as immediately effective and witnessed by celestial beings.
No formal ritual is prescribed; the verse highlights huṃkāra as a potent sacred utterance in narrative context.