Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
अस्य भूतस्य रौद्रस्य शुक्रसृष्टस्य तत्क्षणात् । एक एवात्र निर्दिष्ट उपायो देवसंक्षयः
asya bhūtasya raudrasya śukrasṛṣṭasya tatkṣaṇāt | eka evātra nirdiṣṭa upāyo devasaṃkṣayaḥ
ശുക്രൻ തത്സമയത്തിൽ സൃഷ്ടിച്ച ഈ രൗദ്രഭൂതത്തിനായി ഇവിടെ ഒരേയൊരു ഉപായം മാത്രമേ നിർദ്ദേശിച്ചുള്ളൂ—ദേവന്മാരുടെ സംക്ഷയം വരുത്തുന്നതു.
Deductive: Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to sages (speaker not explicit in snippet).
Scene: A dark, wrathful spirit suddenly manifested by Śukra; sages/daityas propose a single ominous remedy implying the gods’ destruction; the atmosphere is tense, with stormy skies and ritual-fire glow.
FAQs
Power guided by hostile intent seeks catastrophic shortcuts; dharma warns against means that aim at cosmic imbalance.
Not identifiable from this verse alone; it remains within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrtha-māhātmya context.
None; the verse describes a strategic proposal within the narrative.