Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
अन्धकोऽपि हरं दृष्ट्वा युद्धार्थं संमुखो ययौ । ततो युद्धं समभवदंधकस्य हरेण तु । वृत्रवासवयोः पूर्वं यथा युद्धमभून्महत्
andhako'pi haraṃ dṛṣṭvā yuddhārthaṃ saṃmukho yayau | tato yuddhaṃ samabhavadaṃdhakasya hareṇa tu | vṛtravāsavayoḥ pūrvaṃ yathā yuddhamabhūnmahat
اندھک بھی ہرا کو دیکھ کر جنگ کے لیے سیدھا اس کے مقابل بڑھا۔ پھر اندھک اور ہرا کے درمیان عظیم جنگ ہوئی—جیسے پہلے ورترا اور واسَو (اندرا) کے درمیان زبردست معرکہ ہوا تھا۔
Deductive (Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa speaking to sages)
Scene: Andhaka alone advances straight toward Hara, undeterred; a colossal duel erupts, likened to the ancient Vṛtra–Indra combat—two titanic forces meeting at the center of the world.
FAQs
Even formidable evil confronts the divine, but such confrontation only reveals the supremacy of dharma upheld by Śiva.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it strengthens the Māhātmya’s sacred-history atmosphere by invoking famous cosmic battles.
None.