Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
पुरा कृतस्त्वया देव स चेत्पादाववाप्स्यति । हनिष्यति जगत्सर्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम्
purā kṛtastvayā deva sa cetpādāvavāpsyati | haniṣyati jagatsarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam
اے دیوتا! یہ ور تو نے پہلے ہی عطا کیا تھا۔ اگر وہ اپنے پاؤں کی قوت پا لے تو دیوتاؤں، اسوروں اور انسانوں سمیت ساری دنیا کو ہلاک کر ڈالے گا۔
Sāṃkṛti (contextual continuation)
Scene: A supplicant warns a deity: a boon once granted will become catastrophic if the wrongdoer regains his feet; the three worlds are shown symbolically—devas in heaven, humans on earth, asuras below—trembling.
FAQs
Power without dharma becomes world-threatening; even granted boons must be managed so creation is not harmed.
Not specified in this verse; the focus is on cosmic protection within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
None; it is a warning about the catastrophic outcome of restoring the demon’s full power.