Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
ततः शक्रं समुद्दिश्य गदां गुर्वीं मुमोच सः । सर्वायसमयीं रौद्रां यमजिह्वामिवापराम्
tataḥ śakraṃ samuddiśya gadāṃ gurvīṃ mumoca saḥ | sarvāyasamayīṃ raudrāṃ yamajihvāmivāparām
پھر اس نے شکر (اندر) کو نشانہ بنا کر ایک بھاری گدا پھینکی—سراسر لوہے کی، قہر آلود اور ہیبت ناک، گویا یم کی زبان جیسا ایک اور ہلاکت خیز ہتھیار۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: The victor, holding Indra’s vajra, now hurls a gigantic iron mace at Indra; the mace is depicted as dark, heavy, and blazing with raudra energy, likened to Yama’s lethal instrument.
FAQs
Adharma weaponizes terror; dharma stands firm even when faced with the imagery and force of death.
No site is named in this verse; it continues the battle narrative within the Mahātmya.
None.