Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4
न विष्णुना न चंद्रेण न चान्येनापि केनचित् । शक्यो हंतुं स दुष्टात्मा अर्धनारीश्वरं विना
na viṣṇunā na caṃdreṇa na cānyenāpi kenacit | śakyo haṃtuṃ sa duṣṭātmā ardhanārīśvaraṃ vinā
“Hindi si Viṣṇu, hindi ang diyos ng Buwan, ni sinuman pa ang makapapatay sa masamang iyon—maliban kay Ardhanārīśvara (si Śiva na kaisa ni Śakti).”
Devas (speaking to Śiva/Ardhanārīśvara, as narrated by Sūta)
Tirtha: Ardhanārīśvara (conceptual tīrtha focus)
Type: temple
Listener: Śiva (with Devī)
Scene: The devas declare that no deity can slay Dāruka except Ardhanārīśvara; the camera of imagination shifts to the iconic half-male half-female form radiating decisive power.
FAQs
Some obstacles yield only to the integrated power of consciousness and energy—Śiva and Śakti together—symbolized by Ardhanārīśvara.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse is primarily theological, praising Ardhanārīśvara’s unique potency.
None.