Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 56
द्विगुणं द्विगुणीकृत्य प्रेषयामास दानवः । तानप्यष्टगुणैः कृष्णश्छादयामास सायकैः
dviguṇaṃ dviguṇīkṛtya preṣayāmāsa dānavaḥ | tānapyaṣṭaguṇaiḥ kṛṣṇaśchādayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ
Dobrando e redobrando, o dānava lançou seus mísseis; contudo Kṛṣṇa cobriu até mesmo aqueles com flechas em número oito vezes maior.
Narrator
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śrotṛ community (implied)
Scene: The dānava’s arrows multiply in successive waves; Kṛṣṇa answers with an overwhelming eightfold canopy of arrows, darkening the sky like a woven net, yet with Kṛṣṇa’s face tranquil.
FAQs
Escalation of violence by adharma is ultimately outmatched; divine order prevails without strain.
No specific tīrtha is named; the scene belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred Narmadā milieu.
None.