Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
अन्धकोऽपि तदात्मानं तथावस्थमवेक्ष्य च । ततो वाग्भिः सुपुष्टाभिरस्तौद्देवं महेश्वरम्
andhako'pi tadātmānaṃ tathāvasthamavekṣya ca | tato vāgbhiḥ supuṣṭābhirastauddevaṃ maheśvaram
اندھک نے بھی اپنے آپ کو اس حالت میں دیکھ کر، پھر خوب بندھے اور زور دار کلمات سے دیو مہیشور کی ستوتی کی۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Andhaka, beholding his own helpless state, shifts from aggression to devotion, offering a powerful, well-formed hymn to Maheśvara—an inner reversal made visible.
FAQs
When pride breaks, devotion can arise; even an enemy turns toward praise when confronted by the Lord’s truth and power.
Not specified in this verse; it introduces a hymn-like praise within the chapter.
Implicitly, stuti (praise) as a devotional act; no formal rite is prescribed here.