Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14
मुहूर्तात्स समाश्वस्य उत्थायेदं व्यचिन्तयत् । अशक्तो द्वन्द्वयुद्धाय ततः साम प्रयुक्तवान् । पाणिभ्यां सम्पुटं कृत्वा साष्टाङ्गं प्रणतः शुचिः
muhūrtātsa samāśvasya utthāyedaṃ vyacintayat | aśakto dvandvayuddhāya tataḥ sāma prayuktavān | pāṇibhyāṃ sampuṭaṃ kṛtvā sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇataḥ śuciḥ
کچھ ہی دیر میں اس نے سانس سنبھالا، اٹھ کھڑا ہوا اور یوں سوچا: میں دو بدو جنگ کے لائق نہیں؛ پس اس نے صلح و نرمی کا سہارا لیا۔ دونوں ہاتھ جوڑ کر انجلि بنائی اور پاکیزہ ہو کر آٹھ اعضاء کے ساتھ سجدۂ تعظیم کیا۔
Narrator
Tirtha: Revā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (nṛpa)
Scene: The Dānava, having fallen, regains composure, rises, then folds his hands and performs aṣṭāṅga prostration—his posture shifting from aggression to reverence before Kṛṣṇa.
FAQs
When force fails, humility and śaraṇāgati (seeking refuge) become the dharmic path; reverence can transform hostility.
No site is directly praised in this verse; it functions as moral narrative within the Revā Khaṇḍa.
Sāṣṭāṅga praṇāma (eight-limbed prostration) and folded-hands reverence are described as devotional gestures.