Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
शक्तिनायुध्य गंगिन्याश्चिक्षेप कृष्णप्रेरिताः । सरथं च सयंतारं चक्रे तं भस्मसात्क्षणात्
śaktināyudhya gaṃginyāścikṣepa kṛṣṇapreritāḥ | sarathaṃ ca sayaṃtāraṃ cakre taṃ bhasmasātkṣaṇāt
కృష్ణప్రేరణతో దివ్యశక్తులు తమ శక్తులు, ఆయుధాలు విసిరారు; క్షణంలోనే అతనిని రథం, సారథితో సహా భస్మం చేశారు.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: A coordinated volley of śaktis and celestial weapons, launched under Kṛṣṇa’s prompting, incinerates the foe along with chariot and charioteer in a flash, leaving ash swirling.
FAQs
Adharma, however fortified, is swiftly consumed when divine will supports righteous victory.
This verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya frame, but the specific tīrtha is not named in the shloka itself.
No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse.
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