अभाग्यैरिव लोकेषु तारकः स्कंदमाययौ । जग्राह च गदां दिव्यां लक्षघंटादुरासदाम्
abhāgyairiva lokeṣu tārakaḥ skaṃdamāyayau | jagrāha ca gadāṃ divyāṃ lakṣaghaṃṭādurāsadām
जणू लोकांवर दुर्दैवच कोसळावे तसे तारक स्कंदाकडे धावला; आणि लक्ष घंटांच्या नादाने दुर्जेय अशी एक दिव्य गदा त्याने उचलली।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating
Scene: Tāraka strides forward like embodied misfortune, towering and grim; he lifts a divine mace studded with innumerable bells, whose thunderous peal rolls across the field as Skanda faces him for the decisive clash.
Adharma may appear as a calamity to the worlds, yet its confrontation with the divine becomes the doorway to restoration.
None; the verse is martial narration.
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