Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 73
दृष्ट्वा तमायांतमतीव चंडमव्यक्तरूपं बलिनां वरिष्ठम् । दैत्यो बभाषे सुरसत्तमानमसौ कुमारो द्विषतां निहंता
dṛṣṭvā tamāyāṃtamatīva caṃḍamavyaktarūpaṃ balināṃ variṣṭham | daityo babhāṣe surasattamānamasau kumāro dviṣatāṃ nihaṃtā
त्याला येताना पाहून—अतिशय उग्र, अव्यक्तरूप, आणि बलवानांत श्रेष्ठ—दैत्याने देवश्रेष्ठास म्हटले: “हा कुमार शत्रूंचा संहारक आहे.”
Sūta (narration; includes a Daitya’s utterance embedded)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied audience
Scene: The Daitya beholds Kumāra approaching—fierce, awe-inspiring, almost ungraspable in form—then speaks, acknowledging him as the slayer of foes.
FAQs
Adharma instinctively fears dharma’s embodiment; the presence of the righteous protector itself becomes a force of restraint.
Not specified in this verse; it is part of the Kedāra-khaṇḍa narrative sequence.
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