Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 21
चक्रे भगांतरे दैत्यो दंतान्वज्रोपमान्दृढान् । तीक्ष्णाग्रान्बुद्धिमोहेन गिरिशं हंतुमुद्यतः
cakre bhagāṃtare daityo daṃtānvajropamāndṛḍhān | tīkṣṇāgrānbuddhimohena giriśaṃ haṃtumudyataḥ
اس دَیت نے اس کے پوشیدہ عضو میں وجر جیسے سخت دانت بنا دیے، نوک دار اور تیز؛ عقل پر مَوہ کا پردہ تھا، اور وہ گِریش (شیو) کو مارنے پر تُلا ہوا تھا۔
Narrator (frame speaker not explicit in excerpt)
Scene: The demon, still in Umā’s guise, secretly fashions thunderbolt-like sharp teeth in her genital region, intending to kill Śiva—an image of grotesque deception and violent intent.
FAQs
When intellect is seized by moha, one commits shocking adharma; hostility toward Śiva (the dharma-root) is portrayed as the height of delusion.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a dramatic moral-narrative moment.
None; it describes a violent intent arising from delusion.