Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
श्रीभगवानुवाच । न तेऽस्ति मरणं दैत्य कथंचिच्चिंतितं मया । तेनेत्थं विधृतं व्योम्नि भित्त्वा शूलेन वक्षसि
śrībhagavānuvāca | na te'sti maraṇaṃ daitya kathaṃcicciṃtitaṃ mayā | tenetthaṃ vidhṛtaṃ vyomni bhittvā śūlena vakṣasi
ଶ୍ରୀଭଗବାନ କହିଲେ—ହେ ଦୈତ୍ୟ! ତୋ ପାଇଁ ମୃତ୍ୟୁ ନାହିଁ; ଏହିପରି ମୁଁ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ କରିଛି। ତେଣୁ ଶୂଳରେ ବକ୍ଷ ଭେଦି ତୋତେ ଆକାଶରେ ଏଭଳି ଧାରଣ କରାଯାଇଛି।
Śiva (Śrī Bhagavān)
Listener: Andhaka (Daitya)
Scene: Śiva explains with calm authority: Andhaka is shown pierced through the chest by the trident, held aloft in the sky; the composition highlights restraint—Śiva could kill but chooses to sustain and instruct.
FAQs
Divine justice can manifest as restraint and correction: the Lord may withhold death to enable inner change and a new dharmic destiny.
No explicit tīrtha is named in the verse; it continues the sacred narrative used within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting.
None.