Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28
अवदानानि दास्यामि तृप्त्यर्थं भवतां त्वरन् । एवमुक्त्वा शितैर्बाणैर्जघानाथ रुषान्वितः
avadānāni dāsyāmi tṛptyarthaṃ bhavatāṃ tvaran | evamuktvā śitairbāṇairjaghānātha ruṣānvitaḥ
“تمہاری ‘تسکین’ کے لیے میں فوراً تمہیں سزا دوں گا۔” یہ کہہ کر وہ غضب سے بھر گیا اور تیز تیروں سے ان پر وار کیا۔
Vīrabhadra
Tirtha: Kedāra kṣetra (narrative frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: (Contextual) audience/interlocutor
Scene: Vīrabhadra releases a volley of sharp arrows; gaṇas roar behind him; devas recoil as the sacrificial space turns into a battlefield.
FAQs
When dharma is violated, corrective divine force may manifest; the purpose is restraint and restoration, not mere violence.
The Kedāra sacred-region context underlies the episode, though this verse itself is action-focused rather than tīrtha-praise.
None.