Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30
किं कार्यमद्यैव मया हि कार्यं येनैव देवा जयमाप्नुवंति । पराजयं दैत्यवराश्च सर्वे विष्णुः परात्मैव विचिंत्य सर्वम्
kiṃ kāryamadyaiva mayā hi kāryaṃ yenaiva devā jayamāpnuvaṃti | parājayaṃ daityavarāśca sarve viṣṇuḥ parātmaiva viciṃtya sarvam
“วันนี้เราควรกระทำสิ่งใด—กิจอันใด—เพื่อให้เหล่าเทวะได้ชัย และให้ไทตยะผู้เลิศทั้งปวงพ่ายแพ้?” ดังนี้พระวิษณุ ผู้เป็นปรมาตมัน ทรงใคร่ครวญสิ้นทุกประการ
Narrator (describing Viṣṇu’s inner resolve)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Viṣṇu, composed yet resolute, inwardly weighs the single decisive act that will secure the devas’ victory and the daityas’ defeat—an image of strategic heroism.
FAQs
Dharma’s victory is not mere force; it is guided by higher discernment and purposeful action rooted in the Supreme.
Kedāra (Kedarnath) forms the textual setting of the Kedāra Khaṇḍa, though the verse highlights divine deliberation rather than a site-description.
None in this verse.