Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 92
अन्यान्प्रमथयिष्यामि कृत्याशस्त्रेण संगतान् । शरणं यदि यास्यंति गीर्वाणा मद्भयातुराः । तथापि पातयिष्यामि तेनैव सह संगतान्
anyānpramathayiṣyāmi kṛtyāśastreṇa saṃgatān | śaraṇaṃ yadi yāsyaṃti gīrvāṇā madbhayāturāḥ | tathāpi pātayiṣyāmi tenaiva saha saṃgatān
'കൃത്യയെന്ന ആയുധത്താൽ അവരോട് ചേരുന്ന മറ്റുള്ളവരെയും ഞാൻ നശിപ്പിക്കും. എന്റെ ഭയത്താൽ ദേവന്മാർ അഭയം തേടി പോയാലും, അഭയം നൽകുന്നവനോടൊപ്പം അവരെയും ഞാൻ വീഴ്ത്തും.'
Muni (the sage’s son, unnamed)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A terrifying kṛtyā-weapon sweeps across a battlefield-like cosmic sky; gods cluster together, some with hands raised in supplication, yet the ascetic’s resolve remains unsoftened; the composition emphasizes the tragedy of denied refuge.
FAQs
Vengeance expands to consume even the innocent allied with the target; dharma warns against retaliatory escalation.
Prabhāsakṣetra is the overarching sacred setting, though this verse emphasizes narrative conflict.
The kṛtyā is treated as a ‘weapon’ (śastra), but no practical rite is prescribed.