Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
पुरा कृतस्त्वया देव स चेत्पादाववाप्स्यति । हनिष्यति जगत्सर्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम्
purā kṛtastvayā deva sa cetpādāvavāpsyati | haniṣyati jagatsarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam
ഹേ ദേവാ! ഈ വരം മുമ്പേ നിങ്ങളുടെ കൈയ്യാൽ തന്നതാകുന്നു. അവന് പാദങ്ങൾ ലഭിച്ചാൽ, ദേവ-അസുര-മനുഷ്യരുള്പ്പെടെ സർവ്വജഗത്തെയും നശിപ്പിക്കും.
Sāṃkṛti (contextual continuation)
Scene: A supplicant warns a deity: a boon once granted will become catastrophic if the wrongdoer regains his feet; the three worlds are shown symbolically—devas in heaven, humans on earth, asuras below—trembling.
FAQs
Power without dharma becomes world-threatening; even granted boons must be managed so creation is not harmed.
Not specified in this verse; the focus is on cosmic protection within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
None; it is a warning about the catastrophic outcome of restoring the demon’s full power.