Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 75
तेन दत्तेन खड्गेन शंखेन रिपुघातिना । जिगाय समरे शत्रूञ्छिववर्माभिरक्षितः
tena dattena khaḍgena śaṃkhena ripughātinā | jigāya samare śatrūñchivavarmābhirakṣitaḥ
اُس یوگی کے عطا کردہ تلوار اور دشمن کُش شنکھ کے ساتھ، شِو کے زرۂ حفاظت میں ڈھکا ہوا، اُس نے میدانِ جنگ میں دشمنوں کو مغلوب کر دیا۔
Niṣadhādhipa (continuing)
Scene: A hero stands in a battlefield aura, encased in a luminous Śiva-armor; in his hands a sword and a conch, both radiant as bestowed gifts, while enemies recoil.
FAQs
Worldly duties like righteous warfare are shown as successful when aligned with divine protection and dharma.
No location is praised here; the emphasis is on Śiva’s protective power (varma) in the narrative.
None explicitly; it describes bestowed weapons and Śiva’s protection, not a rite.