Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62
वसिष्ठोऽपि समालोक्य वध्यमानां च तां तदा । बाहुं संस्तंभयामास खड्गं तस्य च भूपतेः
vasiṣṭho'pi samālokya vadhyamānāṃ ca tāṃ tadā | bāhuṃ saṃstaṃbhayāmāsa khaḍgaṃ tasya ca bhūpateḥ
วสิษฐะครั้นเห็นนางถูกทำร้ายในขณะนั้น ก็ทำให้แขนของพระราชาหยุดนิ่ง และดาบของพระองค์ก็ถูกตรึงให้สงบเช่นกัน
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: A tense moment: a king mid-strike, arm and sword miraculously immobilized by Vasiṣṭha’s calm gesture; the threatened figure stands protected behind the sage.
FAQs
Spiritual authority is shown as protective and restraining, stopping violence and preserving dharma even in moments of high conflict.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the glorification is contextual within the chapter’s māhātmya narration.
None.