Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 36
तारकं च वधिष्यामि पश्य मेऽद्य पराक्रमम् । आनयंति च ये वीराः स्वामिनं रणसंसदि । ते पापिनो ह्यधर्मिष्ठा विमृशंतिरणं गताः
tārakaṃ ca vadhiṣyāmi paśya me'dya parākramam | ānayaṃti ca ye vīrāḥ svāminaṃ raṇasaṃsadi | te pāpino hyadharmiṣṭhā vimṛśaṃtiraṇaṃ gatāḥ
Aku juga akan membunuh Tāraka—lihatlah keberanianku hari ini! Dan para pejuang yang membawa tuan mereka ke medan pertempuran—mereka yang berdosa dan sangat tidak benar, begitu memasuki perang, mulai ragu-ragu.
Vīrabhadra
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vīrabhadra, fierce and radiant, proclaims the slaying of Tāraka; behind him a tumult of warriors and banners; the devas watch, tense, as the battlefield-assembly is invoked.
FAQs
The verse voices a warrior’s ethic of decisive action, yet the narrative context warns that pride and anger can mislabel prudence as ‘adharma’.
The Kedārakhaṇḍa setting relates to the Kedāra sacred region; this verse is character speech within that larger tīrtha-focused text.
None; it is a martial declaration and moral accusation.