Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
ततोऽवलोकनाद्दैत्यास्तया ते भस्मसात्कृताः । ततः शुंभः प्रकुपितः स्वयमेव समाययौ
tato'valokanāddaityāstayā te bhasmasātkṛtāḥ | tataḥ śuṃbhaḥ prakupitaḥ svayameva samāyayau
তেতিয়া দেৱীৰ কেৱল দৃষ্টিমাত্ৰতে সেই দৈত্যসকল ভস্মীভূত হ’ল। তাৰ পাছত শুম্ভ ক্ৰোধে জ্বলি নিজেই আহি উপস্থিত হ’ল।
Narrator
Tirtha: Arbuda
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: Devī turns her eyes—calm, unwavering—toward the encircling demons; they crumble into ash mid-motion; Śumbha in the background flares with rage and steps forward alone.
FAQs
Devī’s śakti is effortless and immediate; even a glance can dissolve adharma when the time for protection arrives.
Arbuda, presented as a theater of Devī’s direct, miraculous intervention.
None explicitly; the verse emphasizes divine sovereignty rather than human ritual action.