Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 63
अन्येष्वपि च देवेषु महिषो दानवेश्वरः । प्रत्येकमयुतं बाणान्मुमुचे बलिनां वरः
anyeṣvapi ca deveṣu mahiṣo dānaveśvaraḥ | pratyekamayutaṃ bāṇānmumuce balināṃ varaḥ
แม้ต่อเทพองค์อื่น ๆ ด้วย มหิษะ—เจ้าแห่งทานวะ—ผู้เลิศในหมู่ผู้ทรงพลัง ก็ปล่อยลูกศรหนึ่งหมื่นดอกใส่แต่ละองค์
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in third-person narration)
Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Mahiṣa, towering and buffalo-marked, stands at the center releasing ten-thousand-arrow volleys in all directions; devas encircle him at varying distances, each struck by a storm of shafts; the sky darkens with arrows.
FAQs
Unchecked might without dharma becomes oppression; the narrative sets the stage for the Devī’s righteous intervention.
No specific tīrtha is praised in this line; it is part of the Setu-khaṇḍa narrative frame.
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