अभाग्यैरिव लोकेषु तारकः स्कंदमाययौ । जग्राह च गदां दिव्यां लक्षघंटादुरासदाम्
abhāgyairiva lokeṣu tārakaḥ skaṃdamāyayau | jagrāha ca gadāṃ divyāṃ lakṣaghaṃṭādurāsadām
जैसे लोकों पर दुर्भाग्य उतर आए, वैसे ही तारक स्कंद की ओर बढ़ा; और उसने लक्ष घंटाओं के नाद से दुर्जेय एक दिव्य गदा उठा ली।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating
Scene: Tāraka strides forward like embodied misfortune, towering and grim; he lifts a divine mace studded with innumerable bells, whose thunderous peal rolls across the field as Skanda faces him for the decisive clash.
Adharma may appear as a calamity to the worlds, yet its confrontation with the divine becomes the doorway to restoration.
None; the verse is martial narration.
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