Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13
स तारकं योद्धकामस्तरस्वी रुषान्वितोत्फुल्लविलोचनो महान् । स नारदो ब्रह्मसुतो बभाषे तदा नृवीरं मुचुकुंदमेवम्
sa tārakaṃ yoddhakāmastarasvī ruṣānvitotphullavilocano mahān | sa nārado brahmasuto babhāṣe tadā nṛvīraṃ mucukuṃdamevam
Ketika dia, ingin bertempur dengan Tāraka, mara dengan gagah—besar, dengan mata terbeliak kerana murka—pada saat itu Nārada, putera Brahmā, berkata kepada wira manusia Mucukunda demikian.
Narrator (introducing Nārada’s speech)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Mucukunda rushes forward, eyes wide with anger, while Nārada appears—calm, radiant, holding vīṇā—raising a hand to speak, halting the charge.
FAQs
Even in righteous anger, one should listen to saintly counsel; sages guide action toward cosmic order (ṛta/dharma).
The Kedārakhaṇḍa context links the narrative to Kedāra’s Śaiva sacred landscape, though this verse itself is character-focused.
None; it sets up Nārada’s advisory intervention.