Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
अन्धकोऽपि हरं दृष्ट्वा युद्धार्थं संमुखो ययौ । ततो युद्धं समभवदंधकस्य हरेण तु । वृत्रवासवयोः पूर्वं यथा युद्धमभून्महत्
andhako'pi haraṃ dṛṣṭvā yuddhārthaṃ saṃmukho yayau | tato yuddhaṃ samabhavadaṃdhakasya hareṇa tu | vṛtravāsavayoḥ pūrvaṃ yathā yuddhamabhūnmahat
安陀迦见到哈罗（湿婆）后，也为战而直面趋前。随即安陀迦与哈罗之间爆发了一场大决战，宛如往昔弗栗陀罗与瓦萨瓦（因陀罗）之间那场雄伟的战斗。
Deductive (Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa speaking to sages)
Scene: Andhaka alone advances straight toward Hara, undeterred; a colossal duel erupts, likened to the ancient Vṛtra–Indra combat—two titanic forces meeting at the center of the world.
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Even formidable evil confronts the divine, but such confrontation only reveals the supremacy of dharma upheld by Śiva.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it strengthens the Māhātmya’s sacred-history atmosphere by invoking famous cosmic battles.
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