Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45
क्रोधो हि मम बंधुश्च महाबलपरक्रमः । उभाभ्यां द्रावितं विश्वं जंगमाजंगमं महत् । ब्रह्मादिस्तंबपर्यंतं प्लावितं सचराचरम्
krodho hi mama baṃdhuśca mahābalaparakramaḥ | ubhābhyāṃ drāvitaṃ viśvaṃ jaṃgamājaṃgamaṃ mahat | brahmādistaṃbaparyaṃtaṃ plāvitaṃ sacarācaram
«La Colère est vraiment ma parente, puissante en force et en prouesse. Par nous deux, l’immense univers — le mobile et l’immobile — a été bouleversé ; de Brahmā jusqu’au plus frêle brin d’herbe, le monde entier, avec tout ce qui se meut et ne se meut pas, a été submergé.»
Guru or the same quoted speaker continuing (contextual continuation from prior verse)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha kṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (typical frame)
Scene: A personified force speaks of wrath as a mighty ally; the cosmos—gods, beings, and even grass—appears as if flooded/overrun by turbulent energy, set against a stark Himalayan backdrop.
FAQs
It warns that anger, when allied with power, can shake the entire moral and cosmic order; restraint (dama) is implied as a dharmic necessity.
No tirtha is named in this verse; it functions as a moral-cosmic backdrop within the Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative.
None.