Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
ततस्तस्य स खड्गस्तु तीक्ष्णोऽपि द्विजसत्तमाः । तस्य काये प्रहीणस्तु शतधा समपद्यत
tatastasya sa khaḍgastu tīkṣṇo'pi dvijasattamāḥ | tasya kāye prahīṇastu śatadhā samapadyata
اے بہترین برہمنوں، پھر وہ تلوار اگرچہ تیز تھی، لیکن جب اس کے جسم پر لگی تو سو ٹکڑوں میں بکھر گئی۔
Unspecified (narrator addressing sages; likely Sūta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijasattamāḥ
Scene: The sword strikes but bursts into a hundred fragments around the protected body; the devotee stands unharmed amid flying shards; onlookers astonished.
FAQs
The righteous protected by tapas and dharma are not overcome by mere weaponry; spiritual power nullifies violence.
The tīrtha context is the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya, but the verse itself does not name the place.
None; it illustrates the protective potency of tapas.