Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
अपि वज्रप्रहारेण यस्य रोमापि न च्युतम् । तौ पक्षौ सहसा चास्य कथं निपतितौ भुवि
api vajraprahāreṇa yasya romāpi na cyutam | tau pakṣau sahasā cāsya kathaṃ nipatitau bhuvi
«Même sous le coup du vajra, pas un seul poil ne se détacherait de lui ; comment donc ses deux ailes sont-elles tombées soudainement sur la terre ?»
Puṇḍarīkākṣa (Viṣṇu) (inferred from immediate narrative context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: A dramatic tableau: Garuḍa’s wings—symbols of celestial power—are shown fallen or failing, while Viṣṇu contemplates the paradox of the invulnerable being suddenly brought low.
FAQs
Purāṇic miracles are not random; they point to subtle moral and spiritual causes operating beyond ordinary force.
The verse is within a tīrtha-glorifying section, but it does not specify the sacred site in this line.
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