Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 68
खड्गेन ताडयामास दानवः प्रहसन्रणे । देवेनाथस्मृतं चास्त्रं कौच्छेराख्यं महाहवे
khaḍgena tāḍayāmāsa dānavaḥ prahasanraṇe | devenāthasmṛtaṃ cāstraṃ kauccherākhyaṃ mahāhave
રણમાં હસતો દાનવ ખડ્ગથી પ્રહાર કરવા લાગ્યો; ત્યારે તે મહાયુદ્ધમાં દેવે ‘કૌચ્છેર’ નામનું અસ્ત્ર સ્મર્યું।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā tīrtha-cycle (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirers/ṛṣis (contextual)
Scene: The demon, smiling in contempt, swings a sword; the deity remains composed, eyes focused, as a named divine weapon is mentally invoked and begins to blaze into form.
FAQs
Arrogant laughter in violence is short-lived; divine remembrance of higher power (astra) signifies the reassertion of dharma over chaos.
No tīrtha is directly mentioned; the verse is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.
None.