Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 26
एवमाजौ महादैत्यः कालनेमिर्महासुरः । जघ्ने मुहुर्तमात्रेण गंधर्वाणां दशायुतम्
evamājau mahādaityaḥ kālanemirmahāsuraḥ | jaghne muhurtamātreṇa gaṃdharvāṇāṃ daśāyutam
ഇങ്ങനെ യുദ്ധത്തിൽ മഹാദൈത്യനായ മഹാസുരൻ കാലനേമി ഒരു മുഹൂർത്തം മാത്രത്തിൽ ഗന്ധർവരുടെ ഒരു ലക്ഷത്തെ വധിച്ചു.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: Kālanemi dominates the frame—towering, armored, wrathful—while Gandharva hosts fall in waves; the sense of time compression (a single muhūrta) is shown by repeated action arcs and layered figures.
FAQs
Unchecked demonic power (asuric pride) can devastate even celestial hosts; dharma requires timely divine intervention and courageous resistance.
None—this is a combat statistic within the narrative.
None.