Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28
करालांतकजिह्वाभं तस्य खड्गं महोज्ज्वलम् । दृष्ट्वैव सहसा मम्रुश्च मूपास्तत्प्रभावतः
karālāṃtakajihvābhaṃ tasya khaḍgaṃ mahojjvalam | dṛṣṭvaiva sahasā mamruśca mūpāstatprabhāvataḥ
اس کی نہایت درخشاں تلوار ہولناک یم کی زبان جیسی دکھائی دیتی تھی؛ اس کے پرتاب سے لشکر کے سردار محض دیکھتے ہی اچانک ڈھیر ہو گئے۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Scene: A sword erupts with blinding radiance, its flame-like edge shaped like the tongue of Death. Commanders collapse as if life is snuffed out by the weapon’s aura; the hero stands as the still center of a lethal glow.
FAQs
Tejas (spiritual-moral force) can overwhelm adharma; righteousness carries an authority that breaks hostile intent.
No location is named; the verse uses cosmic imagery (Death’s tongue) to magnify the hero’s power.
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