सनंदकं करं तस्य प्रोद्यतं मधुविद्विषः । पश्यतां दिविसिद्धानां स्तंभयामास हुंकृता
sanaṃdakaṃ karaṃ tasya prodyataṃ madhuvidviṣaḥ | paśyatāṃ divisiddhānāṃ staṃbhayāmāsa huṃkṛtā
Khi kẻ thù của Madhu (Hari) giơ tay cầm kiếm Nandaka lên, vị chúa của các Gaṇa đã dùng tiếng “hūṃ” vang như sấm mà làm tê cứng cánh tay đang giơ ấy, trước mắt các Siddha trên trời.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (typical frame)
Scene: Hari raises the sword Nandaka; the Gaṇa-lord utters a thunderous hūṃ and the uplifted arm freezes mid-air; Siddhas watch from the sky in astonishment.
Mantric power (śabda-śakti) grounded in divine authority can restrain brute force—an emblem of spiritual sovereignty.
Kāśī, where Śaiva power is narrated as immediately effective and witnessed by celestial beings.
No formal ritual is prescribed; the verse highlights huṃkāra as a potent sacred utterance in narrative context.