Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
एकवर्षसहस्रांतं यावद्युद्धमवर्तत । दिनेदिने क्षयं यांति तत्र देवा न दानवाः । ततो वर्षसहस्रांते संक्रुद्धः शशिशेखरः । त्रिशूलेन समुद्यम्य स्वहस्तेन व्यभेदयत्
ekavarṣasahasrāṃtaṃ yāvadyuddhamavartata | dinedine kṣayaṃ yāṃti tatra devā na dānavāḥ | tato varṣasahasrāṃte saṃkruddhaḥ śaśiśekharaḥ | triśūlena samudyamya svahastena vyabhedayat
Pendant mille années entières, la bataille se poursuivit. Jour après jour, là, ce furent les dieux qui s’épuisaient, non les asuras. Puis, au terme de ces mille ans, le Seigneur au croissant de lune (Śaśiśekhara), courroucé, leva son trident et de sa propre main le transperça.
Sūta (implied continuation of narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A millennium-long war culminates: exhausted devas, triumphant asuras, and then Śiva—Moon-crested—rises in fury, lifting the trident and striking the demon with a single, world-shaking thrust.
FAQs
Even prolonged suffering of the righteous is not defeat; divine justice may appear delayed, but Śiva’s intervention restores balance when the time is ripe.
The episode belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya stream in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa, though the verse narrates the cosmic battle rather than a local rite.
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