Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 1
नारद उवाच । तं दृष्ट्वा दानवाः सर्वे क्रुद्धाः स्वैःस्वैर्बलैर्वृताः । सरघा इव माक्षिकं रुरुधुः सर्वतस्ततः
nārada uvāca | taṃ dṛṣṭvā dānavāḥ sarve kruddhāḥ svaiḥsvairbalairvṛtāḥ | saraghā iva mākṣikaṃ rurudhuḥ sarvatastataḥ
พระนารทกล่าวว่า: เมื่อเห็นพระองค์ เหล่าดานพทั้งหลายต่างโกรธเกรี้ยวและห้อมล้อมด้วยกองทัพของตน ได้เข้าล้อมพระองค์ไว้ทุกทิศทาง ดุจฝูงผึ้งรุมล้อมแมลงวัน
Nārada
Scene: A central divine/heroic figure surrounded on all sides by enraged dānavas in dense ranks, visually echoing a swarm of bees around a small insect; weapons raised, circular composition, sense of tightening ring.
FAQs
Adharma often advances through numbers and aggression, yet such pressure is portrayed as ultimately futile against divine order.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it is a battlefield narration within Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.
None; the verse is descriptive, not ritual-instructional.