Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38
तत्रागतं समीक्ष्याथ नमुचिः क्रोधमूर्छितः । हत्वा शूलेन देवेंद्रं प्रहसन्निदमब्रवीत्
tatrāgataṃ samīkṣyātha namuciḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ | hatvā śūlena deveṃdraṃ prahasannidamabravīt
അവൻ അവിടെ എത്തിയതു കണ്ടു ക്രോധമൂർഛിതനായ നമുചി ത്രിശൂലംകൊണ്ട് ദേവേന്ദ്രനെ വീഴ്ത്തി; പിന്നെ ചിരിച്ചുകൊണ്ട് ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞു।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (contextual attribution within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Type: tīra
Scene: Namuci, eyes reddened with rage, confronts Indra at the shore; with a sharp thrust of a trident he fells Devendra, then laughs, towering over the fallen king of gods.
FAQs
Uncontrolled anger and mockery are marks of adharma; they precede ruin even when temporary victory is gained.
No tīrtha is explicitly praised; the verse continues the battle account within Kedārakhaṇḍa.
None.