रुद्र उवाच । शृणु स्कन्द महाप्राज्ञ ह्यद्भुतं यत्कृतं मया । धर्मारण्ये महादुष्टो दैत्यः कर्णाटकाभिधः
rudra uvāca | śṛṇu skanda mahāprājña hyadbhutaṃ yatkṛtaṃ mayā | dharmāraṇye mahāduṣṭo daityaḥ karṇāṭakābhidhaḥ
રુદ્ર બોલ્યા—હે મહાપ્રાજ્ઞ સ્કંદ, મેં કરેલું અદ્ભુત કાર્ય સાંભળ. ધર્મારણ્યમાં કર્ણાટક નામનો એક મહાદુષ્ટ દૈત્ય હતો.
Rudra (Śiva)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda
Scene: Rudra addresses Skanda in a forest setting, beginning the tale of a demon named Karṇāṭaka who terrorized Dharmāraṇya; the mood foreshadows battle and divine protection.
Sacred places are protected by divine power; dharma is upheld through the subduing of disruptive forces.
Dharmāraṇya, introduced as the setting of a protective divine act.
None in this verse; it begins a narrative (ākhyāna) explaining the site’s sanctity.
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