Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
न यदांगिरसे तारां स व्यसर्जयदुल्बणः । रुद्रोथ पार्ष्णिं जग्राह गृहीत्वाजगवं धनुः
na yadāṃgirase tārāṃ sa vyasarjayadulbaṇaḥ | rudrotha pārṣṇiṃ jagrāha gṛhītvājagavaṃ dhanuḥ
જ્યારે તે ઉગ્ર પુરુષ તારાને આંગિરસ (બૃહસ્પતિ)ને પરત આપવા છોડતો ન હતો, ત્યારે રુદ્રે અજગવ ધનુષ ધારણ કરીને તેની એડી પકડી લીધી.
Skanda (deduced narrator within Kāśī-khaṇḍa)
Scene: Rudra, fierce and radiant, lifts the Ajagava bow; with one hand he seizes an opponent’s heel to halt him from fleeing with Tārā; the scene is charged with storm-clouds, ash-smeared body, serpents, and blazing third eye; gods watch in alarm.
FAQs
When dharma is violated and reconciliation fails, divine powers intervene to restrain wrongdoing and restore order.
The story is narrated within Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s frame; the tīrtha focus is contextual (Kāśī) rather than explicit in this verse.
None; it is narrative (upākhyāna).
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