Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28
करालांतकजिह्वाभं तस्य खड्गं महोज्ज्वलम् । दृष्ट्वैव सहसा मम्रुश्च मूपास्तत्प्रभावतः
karālāṃtakajihvābhaṃ tasya khaḍgaṃ mahojjvalam | dṛṣṭvaiva sahasā mamruśca mūpāstatprabhāvataḥ
त्याचा खड्ग कराळ अंतकाच्या जिभेसारखा अत्यंत तेजस्वी होता; तो पाहताच त्याच्या प्रभावाने सेनानायक क्षणात मृत्युमुखी पडले.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Scene: A sword erupts with blinding radiance, its flame-like edge shaped like the tongue of Death. Commanders collapse as if life is snuffed out by the weapon’s aura; the hero stands as the still center of a lethal glow.
FAQs
Tejas (spiritual-moral force) can overwhelm adharma; righteousness carries an authority that breaks hostile intent.
No location is named; the verse uses cosmic imagery (Death’s tongue) to magnify the hero’s power.
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