Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 86
संध्यमाने ततश्चास्त्रे निश्चेरुः पावकार्चिषः । ततो यंत्रमया विद्याः प्रादुरासन्सहस्रशः
saṃdhyamāne tataścāstre niśceruḥ pāvakārciṣaḥ | tato yaṃtramayā vidyāḥ prādurāsansahasraśaḥ
ആ അസ്ത്രം സംധാനിക്കപ്പെടുമ്പോൾ അഗ്നിസ്ഫുലിംഗങ്ങൾ പുറപ്പെട്ടു; തുടർന്ന് യന്ത്രമയമായ വിദ്യകൾ ആയിരക്കണക്കിന് പ്രത്യക്ഷമായി।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative)
Scene: As Indra’s weapon is set in motion, showers of fire-sparks burst outward; from these emerge countless ‘mechanism-like’ luminous forms—geometric yantras, rotating wheels, articulated constructs—each a living spell moving across the sky.
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Power expresses itself through ‘vidyā’ (knowledge/skill); when aligned to dharma it becomes protective, when misused it escalates conflict.
No tīrtha is mentioned.
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