Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 155
बिभेद तरसा शक्त्या शतयोजनविस्तृतम् । तदेकेन प्रहारेण खंडशः पतितं भुवि
bibheda tarasā śaktyā śatayojanavistṛtam | tadekena prahāreṇa khaṃḍaśaḥ patitaṃ bhuvi
اس نے شَکتی کے زورِ شدید سے اُس عظیم ڈھیر کو—جو سو یوجن تک پھیلا تھا—چیر ڈالا۔ ایک ہی وار میں وہ ٹکڑے ٹکڑے ہو کر زمین پر آ گرا۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Śvetagiri-bheda-sthala (mythic ‘split of Śvetagiri’)
Type: peak
Scene: The divine warrior hurls/strikes with the Śakti; the enormous Śvetagiri mass—spanning a hundred yojanas—splits instantly and collapses in fragments onto the earth.
FAQs
When empowered by the divine for righteous aims, a single decisive act can dismantle vast structures of adharma.
No tīrtha is directly praised; the verse focuses on the impact of the Śakti-astra.
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