Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
अस्त्रेण तेन हृदये ताडयामास दानवम् । ततः स ताडितस्तेन रुधिरोद्गारमुद्वमन्
astreṇa tena hṛdaye tāḍayāmāsa dānavam | tataḥ sa tāḍitastena rudhirodgāramudvaman
તે અસ્ત્ર વડે તેમણે દાનવના હૃદય પર પ્રહાર કર્યો. તેનાથી ઘાયલ થઈને તે લોહીની ઉલટી કરવા લાગ્યો.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The deity’s invoked weapon strikes the dānava squarely in the heart; the demon reels, expelling a torrent of blood, signaling the collapse of his power.
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Adharma, though forceful, is ultimately pierced at its core; the narrative dramatizes the inevitable defeat of demonic pride.
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