Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34
अत्र त्वयागतं कस्माद्विष्णो वेत्त्रा महाबलम् । दक्षस्य पक्षमाश्रित्य कथं जेष्यसि तद्वद
atra tvayāgataṃ kasmādviṣṇo vettrā mahābalam | dakṣasya pakṣamāśritya kathaṃ jeṣyasi tadvada
“اے وِشنو، عظیم قوت کے حامل! تم یہاں کیوں آئے ہو؟ دکش کا ساتھ لے کر تم کیسے غالب آؤ گے؟ یہ مجھے بتاؤ۔”
Vīrabhadra (addressing Viṣṇu/Keśava)
Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual anchor)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Internal audience (not explicit)
Scene: Vīrabhadra confronts Viṣṇu directly, pointing or gesturing in challenge; Viṣṇu stands firm, weapons ready, expression steady; devas and sages watch anxiously amid disrupted sacrificial paraphernalia.
FAQs
Taking sides without discernment can entangle even the powerful; dharma demands clarity about whom and what one supports.
Not specified in this verse; it is a dramatic exchange within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s storyline.
None.