Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5
करेण वामेन जघान लीलया तं कालनेमिं ह्यसुरं महाबलम् । तेनैव शूलेन समाहतोऽसौ मूर्च्छान्वितोऽसौ सहसा पपात
kareṇa vāmena jaghāna līlayā taṃ kālanemiṃ hyasuraṃ mahābalam | tenaiva śūlena samāhato'sau mūrcchānvito'sau sahasā papāta
அவர் இடக்கையால் விளையாட்டென அந்த மகாபலமுள்ள அசுரன் காலநேமியை அடித்தார். அதே திரிசூலத்தால் தாக்கப்பட்ட அவன் மயக்கமடைந்து உடனே விழுந்தான்.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/interlocutor in Kedāra-khaṇḍa frame
Scene: Viṣṇu strikes Kālanemi lightly with the left hand—almost playful—yet the asura reels; the same trident’s blow leaves him collapsing in a swoon.
FAQs
Adharma, however mighty, is shown as powerless before the divine will, which acts effortlessly (līlayā).
Kedāra-kṣetra is the larger Kedārakhaṇḍa setting; the verse is part of the surrounding glorificatory narrative.
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