Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
शक्रोच्छेदाय चास्माभिः शकोऽन्यो वीर्यमंत्रतः । प्रारब्धः कर्तुमत्युग्रैर्होमांतश्च व्यवस्थितः
śakrocchedāya cāsmābhiḥ śako'nyo vīryamaṃtrataḥ | prārabdhaḥ kartumatyugrairhomāṃtaśca vyavasthitaḥ
「さらにシャクラ（インドラ）を滅ぼすため、強力な真言によって、別の『シャクラ』を生み出そうとし始めました。そして極めて苛烈な意志のもと、ホーマの結びの供献に至るまで儀礼を遂行すべく、備えて進めていたのです。」
Sages (Munis)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dakṣa
Scene: A blazing homa with sages chanting; from the fire, a formidable, radiant figure symbolizing an ‘alternate Indra’ begins to manifest, while the atmosphere is charged and ominous.
FAQs
Mantra-power is effective but morally weighty; when driven by anger or rivalry it can become adharma and threaten cosmic order.
No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it forms part of the narrative embedded in the Tīrthamāhātmya section.
It references a homa performed with vīrya-mantras and carried toward homānta (the concluding stage), indicating a formal sacrificial procedure.