Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
मुमोच तद्वधार्थाय ब्रह्मास्त्रं सोऽभिमंत्रितम् । तस्य संहितमात्रस्य प्रस्वनः समजायत
mumoca tadvadhārthāya brahmāstraṃ so'bhimaṃtritam | tasya saṃhitamātrasya prasvanaḥ samajāyata
ထိုသတ်ဖြတ်ခြင်းကို ပြီးမြောက်စေရန် မန္တရဖြင့် အဘိမန္တရပြုထားသော ဗြဟ္မာအာစတြကို သူလွှတ်လိုက်သည်။ ထိုအာစတြကို ခေါ်ယူသည့်အခါတင် ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ် တုန်လှုပ်သံကြီး ပေါ်ထွန်းလာ၏။
Sūta (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Dhārā-tīrtha / Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (episode setting)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: Viśvāmitra releases a radiant, terrifying Brahmāstra; the sky darkens, a spiral of light forms, and a shockwave-like sound ripples through trees and water; animals flee; the sacred site trembles.
FAQs
Mantra and intent can unleash immense forces; Purāṇic narrative warns that such power must remain aligned with dharma.
The tīrtha frame remains Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya, though the verse itself focuses on the astric event.
Not a public rite; it mentions abhimantraṇa (mantra-consecration) and the saṃhitā (invocatory recitation) associated with astras.