Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
सूत उवाच । तच्छ्रुत्वा कोपसंयुक्तो जमदग्निर्द्विजोत्तमाः । अस्त्रमस्त्रमिति प्रोच्य समुत्तस्थौ सभातलात्
sūta uvāca | tacchrutvā kopasaṃyukto jamadagnirdvijottamāḥ | astramastramiti procya samuttasthau sabhātalāt
Sūta berkata: Mendengar ini, Jamadagni—yang terulung di kalangan Brahmin—penuh dengan kemarahan, berteriak, 'Senjata! Senjata!' dan bangkit dari lantai perhimpunan.
Sūta
Listener: (implied) Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages
Scene: Jamadagni, enraged, rises from the assembly floor and calls for weapons/astric power; the court freezes as spiritual force flares.
FAQs
When dharma is threatened, even the restrained may flare in protective tejas—yet violence also signals the nearing collapse of order.
The verse itself is narrative; the tīrtha-glorification lies in the surrounding chapter’s sacred-history framing.
None; it is a narrative description of Jamadagni’s reaction.