Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13
तदा जयेत्यभिहितो भूतैराकाशसंस्थितैः । शक्त्या परमया वीरस्तारकं हंतुमुद्यतः
tadā jayetyabhihito bhūtairākāśasaṃsthitaiḥ | śaktyā paramayā vīrastārakaṃ haṃtumudyataḥ
तेव्हा आकाशात स्थित भूतांनी ‘जय’ असा जयघोष केला; आणि तो वीर परम शक्ती (शक्ती-शस्त्र) घेऊन तारकाचा वध करण्यास उद्यत झाला।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Skanda stands poised, gripping his supreme spear, ready to strike Tāraka; above him, skyborne bhūtas and celestial beings shout ‘Jaya!’; banners stream in the wind, and the heavens open like a stadium of gods.
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When dharma’s champion rises, even unseen beings affirm the righteous cause—support gathers around rightful action.
The Kedāra-khaṇḍa setting provides the sacred-geography frame, but this verse is about the climactic battle moment.
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