Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 143
यमोऽथ निरृतिश्चापि दिव्यास्त्राणि महाबलाः । आकाशे मुमुचुः सर्वे दानवायाभिसंध्य तु
yamo'tha nirṛtiścāpi divyāstrāṇi mahābalāḥ | ākāśe mumucuḥ sarve dānavāyābhisaṃdhya tu
Puis Yama et Nirṛti aussi —les puissants— lancèrent dans le ciel leurs armes divines, les dirigeant contre le dānava.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (contextual attribution for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: Yama and Nirṛti, stern and formidable, hurl radiant divine missiles upward; the sky becomes a lattice of blazing trajectories converging on the dānava’s unseen position.
FAQs
Even cosmic governors (like Yama) act to protect order when adharma rises; yet victory depends on the right spiritual power.
No; the verse is part of a combat sequence, not a tīrtha-māhātmya passage.
None.