Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25
क्षोणी रथो विधिर्यंता शरोऽहं मन्दरो धनुः । रथांगे चापि चंद्रार्कौ युद्धे यस्य च त्रैपुरे
kṣoṇī ratho vidhiryaṃtā śaro'haṃ mandaro dhanuḥ | rathāṃge cāpi caṃdrārkau yuddhe yasya ca traipure
تریپور کے ساتھ جنگ میں زمین اس کا رتھ تھی، برہما سارَتھی، میں (وشنو) اس کا تیر بنا، مندر پہاڑ اس کی کمان تھا، اور چاند و سورج رتھ کے پہیے تھے۔
Viṣṇu (first-person 'aham' indicates Viṣṇu speaking within the narrative frame)
Tirtha: Tripurāntaka (mythic event-site rather than a single fixed tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Tripurāntaka tableau: Śiva stands poised with Mandara as bow, Viṣṇu as the blazing arrow, Earth as chariot, Brahmā as charioteer, Sun and Moon as wheels, the triple cities in the distance.
FAQs
All cosmic powers—devas, planets, mountains, and even Viṣṇu—serve the Supreme purpose when Śiva acts for dharma.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse glorifies the Tripura-dahana episode central to Śaiva theology.
None; it is a mythic-theological praise describing Śiva’s supremacy in the Tripura battle.