Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 21
तद्राज्यमानय वलादस्माकं महिषासुर । वीर्यं प्रकटयस्वाद्य प्रभावमपि चात्मनः
tadrājyamānaya valādasmākaṃ mahiṣāsura | vīryaṃ prakaṭayasvādya prabhāvamapi cātmanaḥ
Darum, o Mahiṣāsura, bringe uns jenes Reich mit Gewalt zurück. Offenbare heute deinen Heldenmut — und auch das volle Maß deiner eigenen Macht und deines Glanzes.
Danujas/Asuras (addressing Mahiṣāsura)
Scene: Asura elders exhort Mahiṣāsura to reclaim Svarga; Mahiṣa stands armed, radiating confidence, with banners and drums ready.
FAQs
It highlights how ambition and force are invoked for rule—setting up the Purāṇic contrast between ego-driven power and divinely grounded dharma.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of Setukhaṇḍa’s larger sacred-geography narrative arc.
None; it is a martial exhortation within the story.