Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
नानायुधसमोपेता यमजिह्वा यथा परा । साब्रवीद्वद विप्रेंद्र किं ते कृत्यं करोम्यहम्
nānāyudhasamopetā yamajihvā yathā parā | sābravīdvada vipreṃdra kiṃ te kṛtyaṃ karomyaham
Armée de toutes sortes d'armes, telle la langue de Yama elle-même, elle dit : « Parle, ô meilleur des brāhmaṇas, quelle tâche dois-je accomplir pour toi ? »
Personified Śakti / Kṛtyā-like force (addressing Viśvāmitra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka-group (frame assumed)
Scene: A many-weaponed, terrifying śakti—likened to Yama’s tongue—addresses a brāhmaṇa-sage with formal deference, asking for an आदेश; the contrast between reverent speech and lethal armament heightens tension.
FAQs
Summoned powers are portrayed as obedient instruments—therefore the moral burden rests on the summoner’s intention.
Not identified in this verse; it is part of a broader tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
No prescription; it depicts a ritual-born force asking for its assigned task.