Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62
ततस्तान्सुहयांस्तस्य शृंगाभ्यां वेगमाश्रितः । दारयामास संक्रुद्ध आविध्याविध्य चासकृत्
tatastānsuhayāṃstasya śṛṃgābhyāṃ vegamāśritaḥ | dārayāmāsa saṃkruddha āvidhyāvidhya cāsakṛt
അപ്പോൾ അവൻ വേഗത്തെ ആശ്രയിച്ച് ക്രുദ്ധനായി, തന്റെ കൊമ്പുകളാൽ ആ ശ്രേഷ്ഠ കുതിരകളെ കീറിപ്പറിച്ച്, വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും അടിച്ചു എറിഞ്ഞു കുലുക്കി।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: The enraged dānava, using sharp horns, rips into Indra’s fine horses, lifting and flinging them; bodies twist midair as dust and blood mark the violence.
FAQs
Violence fueled by fury spreads suffering beyond the main opponent; dharma warns that krodha harms even the innocent and weak.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the larger māhātmya narrative context.
None; the verse is descriptive of the conflict.
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