Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36
बभञ्ज दानवान्सर्वांस्तस्थौ गिरिरिवाचलः । तं दृष्ट्वा च बलं क्रुद्धं दुर्धर्षं त्रिदशैरपि
babhañja dānavānsarvāṃstasthau giririvācalaḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā ca balaṃ kruddhaṃ durdharṣaṃ tridaśairapi
اس نے تمام دانَووں کو پاش پاش کر دیا اور ایک غیر متزلزل پہاڑ کی طرح ثابت قدم کھڑا رہا۔ اُس غضبناک اور ناقابلِ تسخیر بَل کو—جو دیوتاؤں کے لیے بھی دشوار تھا—دیکھ کر—
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Scene: A divine hero stands immovable like a mountain after shattering ranks of Dānavas; broken weapons and fleeing demons frame the still, centered figure.
FAQs
Steadfastness in dharma is imaged as mountain-like immovability; divine protection is portrayed as beyond ordinary opposition.
Not named in this half-verse; the chapter’s arc leads toward Narmadā-tīrtha significance.
None.