Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45
वीरभद्रं पुरस्कृत्य सर्वे हरपराक्रमाः । युयुधुस्ते तदा दैत्यास्ताकासुरजीविनः
vīrabhadraṃ puraskṛtya sarve haraparākramāḥ | yuyudhuste tadā daityāstākāsurajīvinaḥ
Dengan Vīrabhadra di hadapan, semua yang berkeperkasaan laksana Hara pun bertempur ketika itu melawan para daitya yang hidup di bawah kuasa Tārakāsura.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating
Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vīrabhadra leads a storming front; gaṇas with Hara-like might collide with Tāraka’s daityas—dense melee, tridents thrusting, bulls rearing, asuras falling back.
FAQs
Alignment with Hara (Śiva) grants steadfast courage to confront adharma and those sustained by tyrannical power.
The Kedārakhaṇḍa setting relates to Kedāra pilgrimage tradition; the verse itself is battle narration.
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