Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु विश्वामित्रो महामुनिः । तां शक्तिं व्यर्थतां प्राप्तां ज्ञात्वा कोपसमन्वितः
sūta uvāca | etasminneva kāle tu viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ | tāṃ śaktiṃ vyarthatāṃ prāptāṃ jñātvā kopasamanvitaḥ
सूत उवाच—एतस्मिन्नेव काले महामुनिर्विश्वामित्रः तां शक्तिं व्यर्थतां प्राप्तां ज्ञात्वा कोपसमन्वितोऽभवत्।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Dhārā-tīrtha / Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (narrative setting)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: Viśvāmitra stands austere yet furious, matted hair and staff, eyes blazing; the atmosphere tightens as he realizes his śakti has become ineffective; disciples recoil; the kṣetra’s sacred landscape looms.
FAQs
When spiritual power is thwarted, unchecked anger can arise—setting the stage for further dharmic instruction through ensuing events.
The broader Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrthamāhātmya frame continues, though this verse begins a new narrative episode.
None; it introduces the next storyline featuring Viśvāmitra.
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