Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
वज्रास्त्रं च ततो मुक्तं वज्रास्त्रेण विनाशितम् । यद्यदस्त्रं क्षिपत्येष विश्वामित्रः प्रकोपितः
vajrāstraṃ ca tato muktaṃ vajrāstreṇa vināśitam | yadyadastraṃ kṣipatyeṣa viśvāmitraḥ prakopitaḥ
Kemudian Vajrāstra dilepaskan, namun dimusnahkan oleh Vajrāstra juga (ditangkis sejenis). Apa jua senjata yang dihumban oleh Viśvāmitra yang sedang murka itu,
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Tīrthamāhātmya context; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A battlefield of divine weapons: Viśvāmitra hurls a blazing Vajrāstra; Vasiṣṭha counters with a like-for-like, mantra-born force that dissolves it midair, leaving spirals of light and ash.
FAQs
Anger fuels endless escalation; dharma requires the capacity to halt retaliation rather than multiply it.
No site is named in this line; it is part of the chapter’s broader tīrtha-māhātmya narration.
None; the verse continues the battle account.