Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
अन्धक उवाच । पितास्माकं हतो देवैः पितृव्यश्च महाबलः । कपटेन न शौर्येण तस्मात्तान्सूदयाम्यहम्
andhaka uvāca | pitāsmākaṃ hato devaiḥ pitṛvyaśca mahābalaḥ | kapaṭena na śauryeṇa tasmāttānsūdayāmyaham
અંધક બોલ્યો—દેવોએ અમારા પિતાને અને અમારા મહાબલી કાકાને પણ મારી નાખ્યા; શૌર્યથી નહીં, કપટથી. તેથી હું તેમને સંહાર કરીશ।
Andhaka
Scene: Andhaka rises in a ministerial council, eyes fierce, hand gripping a weapon or pointing in oath; behind him, ghostly images of slain father/uncle; ministers react with alarm or zeal.
FAQs
Revenge born of grievance intensifies adharma; the Purāṇic frame often shows how anger clouds discernment and leads to ruin.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the surrounding tīrthamāhātmya narrative context.
None in this verse.
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