Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 57
वृषाङ्केन विमुक्तास्तु समरे दानवं प्रति । न संस्पृशन्ति शस्त्राणि गात्रं गौडवधूरिव
vṛṣāṅkena vimuktāstu samare dānavaṃ prati | na saṃspṛśanti śastrāṇi gātraṃ gauḍavadhūriva
वृषध्वज भगवंताने समरात दानवावर सोडलेली शस्त्रे त्याच्या देहाला स्पर्शही करू शकली नाहीत—जशी कुलीन गौड-वधू परपुरुषाच्या स्पर्शापासून अछूती राहते।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Listener: A king (addressed as nṛpasattama)
Scene: Śiva with vṛṣa-dhvaja stands in the midst of battle; missiles and weapons streak toward him yet veer away or dissolve before touching his body; Andhaka’s forces recoil. A poetic inset suggests the ‘Gauḍa bride’ simile—untouched, dignified, inaccessible to improper advances.
FAQs
Adharma can appear resistant to ordinary measures; the Purāṇic message points to the need for divine insight and the destined resolution of karma.
The chapter belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa connected with the Narmadā sacred corridor; this verse itself is a battle simile.
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