Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 56
द्विगुणं द्विगुणीकृत्य प्रेषयामास दानवः । तानप्यष्टगुणैः कृष्णश्छादयामास सायकैः
dviguṇaṃ dviguṇīkṛtya preṣayāmāsa dānavaḥ | tānapyaṣṭaguṇaiḥ kṛṣṇaśchādayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ
Dānava itu menggandakan lalu menggandakan lagi panah yang dilepaskannya; namun Kṛṣṇa menutupi semuanya itu dengan anak panah sebanyak lapan kali ganda.
Narrator
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śrotṛ community (implied)
Scene: The dānava’s arrows multiply in successive waves; Kṛṣṇa answers with an overwhelming eightfold canopy of arrows, darkening the sky like a woven net, yet with Kṛṣṇa’s face tranquil.
FAQs
Escalation of violence by adharma is ultimately outmatched; divine order prevails without strain.
No specific tīrtha is named; the scene belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred Narmadā milieu.
None.