Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55
लक्षको टिसहस्राणि प्रधानासुरयूथपाः । एकैकस्य तु सेनायास्तेषां संख्या न विद्यते
lakṣako ṭisahasrāṇi pradhānāsurayūthapāḥ | ekaikasya tu senāyāsteṣāṃ saṃkhyā na vidyate
บรรดาหัวหน้ากองทัพแห่งหมู่อสูรมีจำนวนเป็นแสน เป็นโกฏิ และเป็นพัน ๆ แต่จำนวนไพร่พลของแต่ละคนกลับนับประมาณมิได้
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa; traditionally Sūta-like narration)
Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A panoramic view of endless asura commanders and their divisions stretching to the horizon; banners like a forest; dust clouds rising in layers.
FAQs
Adharma may appear numerically overwhelming, yet it remains finite before the infinite power of dharma upheld by the Divine.
The Setu region is the overarching sacred frame; the verse itself emphasizes the scale of opposing forces.
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