Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
छिन्ने शिरसि खङ्गेन तद्रूपो निःसृतः पुमान् । रौद्रोऽपि स गतः स्वर्गं दैत्यो देव्यस्त्रपातितः
chinne śirasi khaṅgena tadrūpo niḥsṛtaḥ pumān | raudro'pi sa gataḥ svargaṃ daityo devyastrapātitaḥ
فلما قُطع رأسه بالسيف خرج من ذلك الجسد رجلٌ على هيئته؛ ومع أنه كان رهيبًا، فإن ذلك الدايتيّا—وقد صرعته سلاحُ الإلهة—مضى إلى السماء.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A decapitated asura body collapses; from the severed neck a luminous human-form (pumān-rūpa) rises upward, while Devī’s weapon still gleams; gods watch in astonishment as the fierce daitya attains svarga.
FAQs
Contact with the divine—even through punishment—can purify; divine justice is also a gateway to transformation beyond hatred.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where such narratives establish the kṣetra as a stage for dharma’s triumph and spiritual consequence.
None explicitly; the focus is on the karmic outcome of being slain by Devī.