Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
पतितोऽधोमुखो भूत्वा ततः शूलेन भेदितः । शूलाग्रसंस्थितः पापश्चक्रवद्भ्रमते ततः
patito'dhomukho bhūtvā tataḥ śūlena bheditaḥ | śūlāgrasaṃsthitaḥ pāpaścakravadbhramate tataḥ
Il tomba face contre terre, puis fut transpercé par le trident. Fixé à la pointe du trident, ce pécheur tourna ensuite comme une roue.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The demon falls face-down, then is impaled by Śiva’s trident; fixed on the trident’s tip, he spins like a wheel—an uncanny, terrifying spectacle of divine chastisement.
FAQs
The trident symbolizes the Lord’s mastery over the three guṇas; wrongdoing is shown as unstable and self-destructive when confronted by divine justice.
Not indicated in this verse; it remains within the chapter’s larger Tīrthamāhātmya frame.
None.