Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45
क्रोधो हि मम बंधुश्च महाबलपरक्रमः । उभाभ्यां द्रावितं विश्वं जंगमाजंगमं महत् । ब्रह्मादिस्तंबपर्यंतं प्लावितं सचराचरम्
krodho hi mama baṃdhuśca mahābalaparakramaḥ | ubhābhyāṃ drāvitaṃ viśvaṃ jaṃgamājaṃgamaṃ mahat | brahmādistaṃbaparyaṃtaṃ plāvitaṃ sacarācaram
«A Ira é, em verdade, minha parenta, poderosa em força e bravura. Por nós dois, o vasto universo — o móvel e o imóvel — foi posto em tumulto; de Brahmā até a mais tênue lâmina de relva, o mundo inteiro, com tudo o que se move e o que não se move, foi submergido.»
Guru or the same quoted speaker continuing (contextual continuation from prior verse)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha kṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (typical frame)
Scene: A personified force speaks of wrath as a mighty ally; the cosmos—gods, beings, and even grass—appears as if flooded/overrun by turbulent energy, set against a stark Himalayan backdrop.
FAQs
It warns that anger, when allied with power, can shake the entire moral and cosmic order; restraint (dama) is implied as a dharmic necessity.
No tirtha is named in this verse; it functions as a moral-cosmic backdrop within the Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative.
None.