Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32
स च दैत्येश्वरः क्रुद्धः समारूढो महारथम् । दशभिः शुशुबे दैत्यैर्दशबाहुरिवेश्वरः । जगद्धंतुं प्रवृत्तो वा प्रतस्थेऽसौ सुरान्प्रति
sa ca daityeśvaraḥ kruddhaḥ samārūḍho mahāratham | daśabhiḥ śuśube daityairdaśabāhuriveśvaraḥ | jagaddhaṃtuṃ pravṛtto vā pratasthe'sau surānprati
आणि तो दैत्येश्वर क्रुद्ध होऊन महारथावर आरूढ झाला. दहा दैत्यांनी वेढलेला तो जणू दशभुज ईश्वरासारखा शोभू लागला; जणू जगाचा संहार करावयास निघाल्यासारखा तो देवांवर चाल करून गेला.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Scene: The enraged lord of the Daityas mounts a great chariot; ten Daityas surround him like arms around a central power, giving the impression of a ten-armed overlord; he advances toward the Devas with world-ending intent.
FAQs
Rage and domination, when unchecked by dharma, become world-threatening; the Purāṇas frame such aggression as the very mark of adharma.
None; this is a narrative of the Daitya campaign against the Devas.
None.