Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
अग्रसच्च महादैत्यस्तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् । वासुदेवं समुद्दिश्य ततश्चिक्षेप सायकान्
agrasacca mahādaityastiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt | vāsudevaṃ samuddiśya tataścikṣepa sāyakān
महादैत्य पुढे सरसावला व म्हणाला—“थांबा, थांबा!” मग वासुदेवाला उद्देशून त्याने बाणांचा वर्षाव केला।
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A towering Daitya strides forward, shouting a challenge, drawing a bow and releasing a volley of missiles toward Vāsudeva; the air is thick with flying arrows and dust.
FAQs
Adharma issues bold challenges, but such bravado is ultimately powerless before steadfast divinity and righteous order.
This is a battle-motif within the Tīrthamāhātmya of Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the tīrtha is not named in this verse.
None in this verse.