Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29
शिवेन सह संग्रामो ह्यभूत्तस्य महात्मनः । अज्ञानात्प्रकृतो भूत्वा बहुकालं निरन्तरम्
śivena saha saṃgrāmo hyabhūttasya mahātmanaḥ | ajñānātprakṛto bhūtvā bahukālaṃ nirantaram
ആ മഹാത്മാവിന് ശിവനോടൊപ്പം യുദ്ധം സംഭവിച്ചു. അജ്ഞാനത്താൽ പ്രകൃതിബന്ധനയിൽ കുടുങ്ങി, അവൻ ദീർഘകാലം നിരന്തരമായി അങ്ങനെ തന്നെയിരുന്നു.
Lomaśa (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A prolonged, relentless battle between the great-souled Gaṇeśa (under prakṛti-bandha) and Śiva, framed as a tragic misunderstanding born of ignorance—martial energy with undertone of impending reconciliation.
FAQs
Ignorance (ajñāna) can veil even a mighty being, producing conflict; liberation comes through recognition of Śiva’s true nature.
The narrative belongs to Kedārakhaṇḍa, tied to the Kedāra sacred landscape.
None explicitly; it frames a moral-cosmological lesson through story.