Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 60
स शिवेन यदा क्षिप्तः पतितः पृथिवीतले । ऊर्ध्वबाहुरधोवक्त्रो दानवो नृपसत्तम
sa śivena yadā kṣiptaḥ patitaḥ pṛthivītale | ūrdhvabāhuradhovaktro dānavo nṛpasattama
Hỡi bậc vương thượng, khi Dānava ấy bị Śiva quăng đi, hắn ngã xuống mặt đất—hai tay hất vút lên, mặt úp xuống dưới.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: A king (nṛpasattama)
Scene: Śiva completes a powerful throw; Andhaka is airborne, rotating, about to strike the ground with face downward, arms flung upward. Dust and impact lines radiate; devas react with uplifted hands.
FAQs
Ego and violence collapse before divine power; the fall of the demon symbolizes the fall of adharma.
The broader section belongs to the Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape, but this verse itself is a battle-description without a tīrtha name.
None in this verse.