Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
दानवेनाथ देवेशो बंधेनाक्रम्य पीडितः । निष्पंदभावमापन्नस्ततो मूर्च्छामुपागतः
dānavenātha deveśo baṃdhenākramya pīḍitaḥ | niṣpaṃdabhāvamāpannastato mūrcchāmupāgataḥ
ครั้นแล้วดานวะได้ใช้พันธนาการเข้าครอบงำ บีบคั้นและทรมานพระผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งเทวะ พระองค์นิ่งไร้การเคลื่อนไหว แล้วก็ทรงตกสู่ภาวะสลบไป
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: The Dānava binds and crushes the Lord of the gods; the Deva’s body slackens, eyes half-closed, weapons fallen; the Dānava’s grip is shown as a constricting coil or clinch, emphasizing immobilization.
FAQs
The Purāṇas often depict reversals in battle to heighten divine līlā and reveal that victory ultimately belongs to the Supreme, not to brute force.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a narrative segment within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.
None; the verse focuses on the battle’s turning point.