Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 169
कल्पांभोधिसमुन्नादां दिधक्षंतीं जगद्यथा । तारकस्यांतकालाय अभाग्यस्य दशामिव
kalpāṃbhodhisamunnādāṃ didhakṣaṃtīṃ jagadyathā | tārakasyāṃtakālāya abhāgyasya daśāmiva
ती कल्पान्तीच्या समुद्रगर्जनेसारखी निनादत, जणू जगत् दग्ध करावयास उद्यत होती. तारकाच्या अंतकाळासाठी ती आली—जणू अभाग्याची अंतिम दशाच.
Narrator
Scene: The Śakti’s approach is personified: a roaring, oceanic sound-wave and a world-burning radiance fill the sky; the spear appears as a pralaya-fire streak, the asura Tāraka marked as fated prey, surrounded by darkening clouds and churning winds.
FAQs
Adharma ripens into its own destruction; when the ordained time arrives, divine justice manifests with irresistible force.
No specific site is described; the verse uses cosmic imagery (kalpa/ocean roar) to magnify the event.
None.