Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60
पूर्ववैरमनुस्मृत्य युध्येते जेतुमिच्छया । उभौ तौ भक्षयित्वा त्वं सुधामाहर तृप्तिमान्
pūrvavairamanusmṛtya yudhyete jetumicchayā | ubhau tau bhakṣayitvā tvaṃ sudhāmāhara tṛptimān
പൂർവ്വവൈരം സ്മരിച്ച് അവർ ഇരുവരും ജയിക്കണമെന്ന ആഗ്രഹത്തോടെ പരസ്പരം യുദ്ധം ചെയ്യുന്നു. നീ അവരെ ഇരുവരെയും ഭക്ഷിച്ച് തൃപ്തനായി സുദാ (അമൃതം) കൊണ്ടുവരിക.
Kaśyapa
Tirtha: Viḷambā (contextual)
Type: tirtha
Scene: Two colossal beings—an elephant and a tortoise—locked in combat from remembered enmity; Garuḍa descends, seizes and consumes them, then turns toward the nectar quest, the sky charged with ominous grandeur.
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Karmic conflicts create openings for higher purposes; decisive action guided by rightful counsel can fulfill a dhārmic mission.
The chapter belongs to Setukhaṇḍa (Setu/Rāmeśvara sacred geography), though this verse is primarily narrative instruction.
None; it is an instruction within the story, not a rite.
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