Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 192
ततो देवनिकायानामेकैकं क्षणमात्रतः । तेषामेव जघानासौ शस्त्रैर्बालान्यथा गुरुः
tato devanikāyānāmekaikaṃ kṣaṇamātrataḥ | teṣāmeva jaghānāsau śastrairbālānyathā guruḥ
അപ്പോൾ അവൻ ദേവഗണങ്ങളെ ക്ഷണമാത്രത്തിൽ ഒന്നൊന്നായി ആയുധങ്ങളാൽ വെട്ടിവീഴ്ത്തി; ഗുരു ബാലകരെ ശാസിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa framing)
Scene: A single overpowering warrior cuts through successive companies of gods in an instant; the simile is pedagogic—like a guru chastening boys—so the violence is framed as corrective, not merely cruel.
FAQs
Arrogance of power can make even the divine hosts appear helpless; Purāṇas use such reversals to prepare the reader for the restoring intervention of the supreme divine will.
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