Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
अथ स्कन्देन संवीक्ष्य दूरस्थं तारकं रणे । समाहूय ततो मुक्ता सा शक्तिस्तस्य मृत्यवे
atha skandena saṃvīkṣya dūrasthaṃ tārakaṃ raṇe | samāhūya tato muktā sā śaktistasya mṛtyave
បន្ទាប់មក ស្កន្ទៈបានមើលឃើញតារកៈឈរឆ្ងាយក្នុងសមរភូមិ ក៏ហៅគាត់មក; ហើយភ្លាមនោះ ព្រះអាវុធស័ក្តិ (Śakti) ត្រូវបានបោះចេញ ក្លាយជាមូលហេតុនៃមរណភាពរបស់គាត់។
Sūta (deduced from the ongoing narration; explicit from v.23 onward)
Tirtha: Camatkārapura (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Skanda, radiant and composed amid chaos, sights Tāraka at a distance, calls him forth, and hurls the blazing Śakti that streaks across the field like a comet.
FAQs
When adharma ripens, divine grace acts decisively; Skanda embodies protective power that restores cosmic order.
The surrounding adhyāya belongs to a Tīrthamāhātmya thread that culminates in Camatkārapura and its sacred markers; this verse provides the mythic backdrop.
No direct ritual instruction appears here; it is a heroic narrative segment.