Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22
शक्त्या च महिषो दैत्यो विनदंतो महाररवम् । निराकृतं तमालोक्य दुर्जनैः सुजनं यथा
śaktyā ca mahiṣo daityo vinadaṃto mahāraravam | nirākṛtaṃ tamālokya durjanaiḥ sujanaṃ yathā
Et le daitya Mahiṣa, poussant un rugissement immense, attaqua avec une śakti (lance) ; le voyant repoussé, c’était comme un homme de bien rejeté par les méchants.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Listener: Bhārata (addressed)
Scene: Mahīṣa-daitya roaring, thrusting a spear; the weapon is repulsed, while the poet’s simile overlays a moral tableau of a noble person being rejected by the wicked.
FAQs
The text contrasts noble intent with wicked opposition, reminding that goodness may be resisted yet remains praiseworthy.
No specific sacred place is referenced in this verse.
None.