Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 85
अन्धक उवाच । नाहं बिभेमि रुद्रस्य तथान्यस्यापि कस्यचित् । न स्त्रीणां प्रहरिष्यामि पालयन्पुरुषव्रतम्
andhaka uvāca | nāhaṃ bibhemi rudrasya tathānyasyāpi kasyacit | na strīṇāṃ prahariṣyāmi pālayanpuruṣavratam
Andhaka nói: “Ta chẳng sợ Rudra, cũng chẳng sợ bất kỳ ai khác. Ta sẽ không ra tay đánh phụ nữ, vì ta giữ trọn lời thệ của danh dự nam nhi.”
Andhaka
Scene: Andhaka, a powerful daitya, stands with chest lifted and weapon at rest, declaring fearlessness of Rudra; beside him attendants watch, while an unseen divine presence looms as moral counterweight.
FAQs
Even when framed as ‘honor,’ pride and denial of divine reality become spiritual blindness; dharma without humility can turn into delusion.
No holy site is named; the verse is character dialogue within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
A vrata is mentioned—puruṣa-vrata (code of honor)—as an ethical restraint, not a ritual observance like snāna or dāna.