Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64
सा सहस्रभुजा देवी समाक्रम्याभिपीड्य च । मोक्षयामास गिरिशमशापयत तां तथा
sā sahasrabhujā devī samākramyābhipīḍya ca | mokṣayāmāsa giriśamaśāpayata tāṃ tathā
সেই সহস্ৰভুজা দেবীয়ে ধৰি পীড়ন কৰি গিৰিশক মুক্ত কৰিলে; আৰু তেনেদৰেই তাকো শাপৰ পৰা মুক্ত কৰালে।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa), contextually narrating to sages
Tirtha: Harasiddhi (Ujjayinī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A thousand-armed Harasiddhi seizes and presses Giriśa, then releases him; simultaneously she grants liberation from a curse to another figure—an image of force used for restoration and mercy.
FAQs
The Devī’s power both restrains and liberates—she removes affliction and undoes curse-bound conditions.
The episode belongs to the Śīkottara-centered account in this chapter.
No explicit ritual is stated; the narrative supports seeking Devī’s grace for śāpa-nivṛtti (relief from curses).