आश्चर्यरूपे प्रमथेश्वराणां तस्मिंस्तथा वर्तति युद्धयज्ञे । अमर्षितो भार्गवकर्मदृष्ट्वा शिलादपुत्रोभ्यगमन्महेशम्
āścaryarūpe pramatheśvarāṇāṃ tasmiṃstathā vartati yuddhayajñe | amarṣito bhārgavakarmadṛṣṭvā śilādaputrobhyagamanmaheśam
Samantalang ang handog na labanan ay nagaganap sa kagila-gilalas na anyo para sa mga panginoon ng mga pramatha, si Nandī, anak ni Śilāda, na nag-alab sa galit sa pagkakita sa gawa ng Bhārgava, ay lumapit kay Maheśa.
Skanda (narrating to Agastya, per Kāśī-khaṇḍa convention)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A wondrous ‘battle-sacrifice’ unfolds; pramatha-lords watch in amazement. Nandī, son of Śilāda, angered by Śukra’s act, strides toward Maheśa to report/seek intervention.
When adharma gains advantage, devotion expresses itself as swift recourse to the Lord and disciplined response.
The Kāśī-khaṇḍa context frames the episode within Kāśī’s Śaiva sanctity, though no single tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; “battle as sacrifice” is a poetic framing, not a ritual injunction here.
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