Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
तारकोऽपि समालोक्य देवान्स्वयमुपागतान् । युद्धार्थं हर्षसंयुक्तः सम्मुखः सत्वरं ययौ
tārako'pi samālokya devānsvayamupāgatān | yuddhārthaṃ harṣasaṃyuktaḥ sammukhaḥ satvaraṃ yayau
Tāraka, voyant les dieux venus en personne, s’en réjouit, avide de combat, et s’élança aussitôt pour leur faire face.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Māhātmya-style narration)
Tirtha: Camatkārapura (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Tāraka, armored and exultant, strides forward to meet the assembled devas; banners whip in a dust-laden sky as divine hosts form ranks.
FAQs
Adharma rushes toward conflict with pride; Purāṇic narrative frames such eagerness for violence as a mark of demonic disposition.
This line is part of the broader Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya chapter; it shifts to the confrontation scene and does not name a tīrtha.
None; it describes the antagonist’s response and the onset of battle.