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
Ketika ia yang garang itu tidak mau mengembalikan Tārā kepada Āṅgirasa (Bṛhaspati), maka Rudra pun mengangkat busur Ajagava dan mencengkeram tumitnya.
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).