Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20
न ते देवा न ते लोका न ते नगा न चासुराः । दृश्यन्ते त्रिषु लोकेषु ये तैर्दृष्टैर्न नाशिताः
na te devā na te lokā na te nagā na cāsurāḥ | dṛśyante triṣu lokeṣu ye tairdṛṣṭairna nāśitāḥ
மூன்று உலகங்களிலும் தேவர்கள், உலகங்கள், மலைகள், அசுரர்கள்—யாராயினும், அவர்கள் கோபநோக்கால் பார்க்கப்பட்டபின் அழியாமல் இருப்பவர் எவரும் காணப்படார்।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (implied)
Scene: Cosmic-scale hyperbole: gods, worlds, mountains, and asuras destroyed by the brāhmaṇas’ wrathful sight—best rendered as an allegorical panorama with a central sage radiating tejas.
FAQs
The verse magnifies the spiritual potency of the righteous: their wrathful glance is depicted as world-shattering, urging humility and careful conduct.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a doctrinal amplification within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative setting.
None explicitly; it reinforces a dharmic caution against giving offense.