Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
आयसीं लकुटीं गृह्य प्रभुर्भारसहसि काम् । दानवेन्द्रं ततः प्राप्य ताडयामास मूर्धनि
āyasīṃ lakuṭīṃ gṛhya prabhurbhārasahasi kām | dānavendraṃ tataḥ prāpya tāḍayāmāsa mūrdhani
പിന്നീട് പ്രഭു ഭാരമേറിയ ഇരുമ്പുകോൽ എടുത്ത് ദാനവേന്ദ്രനെ സമീപിച്ച് അവന്റെ ശിരസ്സിൽ പ്രഹരിച്ചു।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: The Lord, gripping a massive iron club, strides forward and brings it down upon the Dānava-king’s head; the moment is frozen at impact—dust and shockwaves radiate, the Dānava’s crown tilts, attendants recoil.
FAQs
The Lord’s power protects cosmic order; the Purāṇic battle imagery symbolizes the crushing of arrogance and adharma.
No specific tīrtha is referenced in this line.
None.