Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71
एवं च सर्वे ह्यसुराः सुराश्च शक्त्यृष्टिशूलैः परिघैः परश्वधैः । जयार्थिनोमर्षयुताः परस्परं सिंहा यथा हैमवतीं दुरात्ययाः । निहन्यमाना ह्यसुराः सुरैस्तदा नानास्त्रयोगैः परमैर्निपेतुः
evaṃ ca sarve hyasurāḥ surāśca śaktyṛṣṭiśūlaiḥ parighaiḥ paraśvadhaiḥ | jayārthinomarṣayutāḥ parasparaṃ siṃhā yathā haimavatīṃ durātyayāḥ | nihanyamānā hyasurāḥ suraistadā nānāstrayogaiḥ paramairnipetuḥ
Так все асуры и суры сражались копьями, дротиками, трезубцами, палицами и секирами; жаждущие победы и исполненные ярости, они сталкивались друг с другом, как львы в труднопроходимой области Химавата. Тогда, поражённые богами множеством сочетаний высших оружий, асуры пали.
Lomaśa (contextual narrator)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A dense Himalayan battlefield: Devas and Asuras clash at close quarters with śakti-spears, ṛṣṭis, tridents, clubs, and axes; snow-peaks loom behind; fallen asuras lie struck by coordinated divine weapon-combinations.
FAQs
Unchecked wrath (amarṣa) fuels destruction; dharma ultimately prevails as adharma-aligned forces fall despite ferocity.
The Himalayan/Kedāra sacred landscape forms the backdrop (haimavatī), though the verse chiefly depicts the battle.
None; it is a martial description, not a vrata or tīrtha-ritual instruction.
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