Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10
अवध्यो दानवः पापः सर्वेषां वो दिवौकसाम् । स त्राता सर्वजगतां नान्यो विद्येत कुत्रचित्
avadhyo dānavaḥ pāpaḥ sarveṣāṃ vo divaukasām | sa trātā sarvajagatāṃ nānyo vidyeta kutracit
(ବ୍ରହ୍ମା କହିଲେ:) “ସେ ପାପୀ ଦାନବ ତୁମ ସମସ୍ତ ସ୍ୱର୍ଗବାସୀଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଅବଧ୍ୟ। ସମସ୍ତ ଜଗତର ରକ୍ଷକ ସେଇ; ତାଙ୍କ ବ୍ୟତୀତ କେଉଁଠି ଅନ୍ୟ କେହି ନାହିଁ।”
Brahmā
Listener: the Devas (divaukasaḥ)
Scene: Brahmā in the celestial assembly declares a demon’s invulnerability; devas appear anxious, weapons lowered, the cosmos symbolically imperiled behind them.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma often turns on the ‘boon paradox’: power granted through cosmic law can only be countered through a higher, lawful remedy.
None; this is a doctrinal moment about invulnerability and cosmic constraints.
None; it explains the impossibility of the devas’ direct victory.
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