Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28
अवदानानि दास्यामि तृप्त्यर्थं भवतां त्वरन् । एवमुक्त्वा शितैर्बाणैर्जघानाथ रुषान्वितः
avadānāni dāsyāmi tṛptyarthaṃ bhavatāṃ tvaran | evamuktvā śitairbāṇairjaghānātha ruṣānvitaḥ
“നിങ്ങളുടെ ‘തൃപ്തിക്കായി’ ഞാൻ വേഗത്തിൽ ശിക്ഷ നൽകും” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞ്, ക്രോധാവേശത്തോടെ അവൻ മൂർച്ചയുള്ള അമ്പുകളാൽ അവരെ പ്രഹരിച്ചു।
Vīrabhadra
Tirtha: Kedāra kṣetra (narrative frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: (Contextual) audience/interlocutor
Scene: Vīrabhadra releases a volley of sharp arrows; gaṇas roar behind him; devas recoil as the sacrificial space turns into a battlefield.
FAQs
When dharma is violated, corrective divine force may manifest; the purpose is restraint and restoration, not mere violence.
The Kedāra sacred-region context underlies the episode, though this verse itself is action-focused rather than tīrtha-praise.
None.