Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
अवध्यः सर्वभूतानां मानुषाणां विशेषतः । मुक्त्वैकां योषितं तेन त्वमस्माभिर्विनिर्मिता
avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ | muktvaikāṃ yoṣitaṃ tena tvamasmābhirvinirmitā
“Hắn bất khả sát đối với mọi loài—đặc biệt là đối với loài người. Chỉ trừ một người nữ duy nhất, hắn không thể bị giết; vì thế, ngươi đã được chúng ta tạo tác.”
Devas
Scene: A council of gods reveals the enemy’s boon: invincible to beings, especially men, except for one woman; the gods ‘fashion’/resolve the emergence of a feminine slayer as the destined remedy.
FAQs
Adharma’s seeming invincibility is limited; divine justice arises precisely through the ‘exception’ that restores balance.
This verse is mythic rationale within the Tīrtha-māhātmya frame; the Vindhya setting becomes explicit immediately afterward.
None; it explains the boon-condition that necessitates the Goddess’s manifestation.
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