Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52
निहंति दुष्टसंघातान्महाबलपराक्रमा । वायुस्कंधानि सप्तापिश्रृणुयद्वत्स्थितान्यपि
nihaṃti duṣṭasaṃghātānmahābalaparākramā | vāyuskaṃdhāni saptāpiśrṛṇuyadvatsthitānyapi
Groß an Kraft und Heldenmut vernichtet sie die Scharen der Frevler. Nun höre auch von den sieben „Stützen“ des Windes — wie sie angeordnet sind.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Scene: The Devī, radiant and formidable, strikes down hordes of the wicked; the narration pivots to reveal seven colossal wind-supports positioned through the cosmos like invisible pillars.
FAQs
The divine both protects by removing evil and sustains the cosmos through ordered principles such as the vāyu-skaṃdhas.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the passage shifts into cosmological instruction.
None; it introduces a doctrinal/cosmological teaching about the seven vāyu-skaṃdhas.