Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 77
विंध्याद्रिमिव तं स्कंदो गृहीत्वा तं व्यताडयत् । स्थिरे तस्योरसि व्यूढे मुद्गरः शतधाऽगमत्
viṃdhyādrimiva taṃ skaṃdo gṛhītvā taṃ vyatāḍayat | sthire tasyorasi vyūḍhe mudgaraḥ śatadhā'gamat
स्कंदाने विंध्य पर्वतासारखी ती गदा पकडून प्रहार करून खाली पाडली. त्याच्या स्थिर, विस्तीर्ण वक्षावर लागताच ती गदा शंभर तुकड्यांत फुटली.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages
Scene: Skanda catches the incoming mace with effortless power, likened to grasping the Vindhya; the mace strikes his broad, unmoving chest and explodes into a hundred fragments that scatter like sparks over the sea.
FAQs
Steadfastness in dharma makes one unbreakable; violent intent shatters against inner and divine firmness.
No tīrtha is praised; “Vindhya” appears as a simile for immovability.
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