Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
श्रीभगवानुवाच । न तेऽस्ति मरणं दैत्य कथंचिच्चिंतितं मया । तेनेत्थं विधृतं व्योम्नि भित्त्वा शूलेन वक्षसि
śrībhagavānuvāca | na te'sti maraṇaṃ daitya kathaṃcicciṃtitaṃ mayā | tenetthaṃ vidhṛtaṃ vyomni bhittvā śūlena vakṣasi
世尊说道：“阿修罗啊，你命不该绝——这是我已决定的。因此你被高举在空中，胸膛被三叉戟刺穿。”
Śiva (Śrī Bhagavān)
Listener: Andhaka (Daitya)
Scene: Śiva explains with calm authority: Andhaka is shown pierced through the chest by the trident, held aloft in the sky; the composition highlights restraint—Śiva could kill but chooses to sustain and instruct.
FAQs
Divine justice can manifest as restraint and correction: the Lord may withhold death to enable inner change and a new dharmic destiny.
No explicit tīrtha is named in the verse; it continues the sacred narrative used within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting.
None.
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