Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42
ततः स्थलोपमे जाते ते दैत्याः सुरसत्तमैः । वध्यन्ते निशितैर्बाणैः समन्ताद्विजिगीषुभिः
tataḥ sthalopame jāte te daityāḥ surasattamaiḥ | vadhyante niśitairbāṇaiḥ samantādvijigīṣubhiḥ
ครั้นแล้วเมื่อสนามรบกลายเป็นดุจพื้นดินแน่นหนา เหล่าเทวะผู้ประเสริฐ—ผู้มุ่งชัยชนะ—ก็สังหารพวกทานวะโดยรอบ ด้วยศรอันแหลมคม
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and assembled ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: On the newly exposed ocean-floor, devas encircle and shoot sharp arrows at dānavas; the ground is strewn with shells and seaweed, with the emptied sea visible at the horizon.
FAQs
Adharma, symbolized by the daityas, is ultimately overcome when divine forces act with resolve and righteous purpose.
The immediate verse is part of the Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya flow tied to the oceanic setting and Agastya’s episode; the specific tīrtha is developed in the surrounding narrative rather than named in this single line.
No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse; it is narrative context.