Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61
विष्णुरुवाच । नान्यो हंतास्य पापस्य त्वद्विना कृत्तिकासुत । तस्मात्त्वया हि कर्त्तव्यं वचनं च महाभुज
viṣṇuruvāca | nānyo haṃtāsya pāpasya tvadvinā kṛttikāsuta | tasmāttvayā hi karttavyaṃ vacanaṃ ca mahābhuja
विष्णू म्हणाले— हे कृत्तिकासुता! तुझ्यावाचून या पाप्याचा वध करणारा दुसरा कोणी नाही. म्हणून, हे महाबाहो, माझे हे वचन मान्य करून ते निश्चयाने पूर्ण कर।
Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda/Kārttikeya (Kṛttikā-suta)
Scene: Viṣṇu addresses Kṛttikā-suta (Skanda), urging him as the sole slayer of the sinful foe; a charged moment of divine counsel before decisive action.
FAQs
Dharma often appoints a specific instrument for removing adharma; rightful action must be undertaken by the one empowered for it.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the passage belongs to Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred setting.
None; it is a directive about duty and divine mission.