Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
अंधकोऽपि समालोक्य संप्राप्तां देववाहिनीम् । सगणां च महादेवं परितोषं परं गतः
aṃdhako'pi samālokya saṃprāptāṃ devavāhinīm | sagaṇāṃ ca mahādevaṃ paritoṣaṃ paraṃ gataḥ
अन्धकोऽपि देववाहिनीं संप्राप्तां दृष्ट्वा, सगणं महादेवं चावलोक्य, परमानन्दं परितोषं च जगाम।
Sūta (implied continuation of narration)
Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya
Scene: Andhaka, seeing the deva-host and Mahādeva with gaṇas, brightens with fierce satisfaction—eyes wide, posture proud—contrasting with the ominous divine procession.
FAQs
Adharma often mistakes confrontation with the divine as triumph; inner delusion can appear as ‘joy’ when ego seeks battle rather than surrender.
The chapter belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya framework, though this verse focuses on the Andhaka conflict.
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