Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
सोंऽधकस्य बले वीर्ये धैर्ये कोपे च दानवः । सहस्रगुणितश्चासीद्रौद्रः परमदारुणः
soṃ'dhakasya bale vīrye dhairye kope ca dānavaḥ | sahasraguṇitaścāsīdraudraḥ paramadāruṇaḥ
तो दानव बल, पराक्रम, धैर्य आणि क्रोध यांत अंधकापेक्षा सहस्रगुण वाढला; अत्यंत रौद्र व परम भयंकर झाला।
Sūta (continuing narration from the adhyāya opening)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (implied)
Scene: A fierce portrait of Vṛka: towering daitya with blazing eyes, aura of flames, storm clouds and trembling devas in the background; a faint silhouette of Andhaka behind, smaller, to show ‘thousandfold’ comparison.
FAQs
Purāṇas depict escalating might to show how adharma intensifies before divine rebalancing restores order.
The surrounding narrative belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya, though this verse is character-description rather than tīrtha praise.
None.