Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
मुमोच तद्वधार्थाय ब्रह्मास्त्रं सोऽभिमंत्रितम् । तस्य संहितमात्रस्य प्रस्वनः समजायत
mumoca tadvadhārthāya brahmāstraṃ so'bhimaṃtritam | tasya saṃhitamātrasya prasvanaḥ samajāyata
اس قتل کے لیے اس نے منتر سے مُقوّی کیا ہوا برہماستر چھوڑ دیا؛ اور اس کے صرف سنہت (جاپ) ہی سے ایک ہولناک گونج دار آواز اٹھ کھڑی ہوئی۔
Sūta (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Dhārā-tīrtha / Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (episode setting)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: Viśvāmitra releases a radiant, terrifying Brahmāstra; the sky darkens, a spiral of light forms, and a shockwave-like sound ripples through trees and water; animals flee; the sacred site trembles.
FAQs
Mantra and intent can unleash immense forces; Purāṇic narrative warns that such power must remain aligned with dharma.
The tīrtha frame remains Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya, though the verse itself focuses on the astric event.
Not a public rite; it mentions abhimantraṇa (mantra-consecration) and the saṃhitā (invocatory recitation) associated with astras.