Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
अथ ते दानवा दृष्ट्वा संप्राप्तांस्त्रिदिवौकसः । सहसा संगरार्थाय नानाशस्त्रधरान्बहून्
atha te dānavā dṛṣṭvā saṃprāptāṃstridivaukasaḥ | sahasā saṃgarārthāya nānāśastradharānbahūn
پھر اُن دانَووں نے جب آسمانی باشندوں کو آتے دیکھا تو یکایک جنگ کے لیے آمادہ ہو گئے؛ بہت سے لوگ طرح طرح کے ہتھیار اٹھائے ہوئے تھے۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Asuras spot the approaching devas and instantly seize diverse weapons—spears, maces, bows—forming ranks in hurried, noisy preparation.
FAQs
When dharma is challenged, confrontation becomes inevitable; the narrative frames conflict as a consequence of opposing cosmic alignments.
No specific earthly tīrtha is named; the setting is svarga and its inhabitants.
None; it describes martial readiness and the onset of battle.