Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 23
भूमौ प्रधर्षयामास प्रसृतं च मुमोच ह । चिक्षेप चाग्निकोणे तं महीसागररोधसि
bhūmau pradharṣayāmāsa prasṛtaṃ ca mumoca ha | cikṣepa cāgnikoṇe taṃ mahīsāgararodhasi
Er schleuderte ihn zu Boden und ließ ihn los, als er ausgestreckt dalag. Dann warf er ihn nach Südosten, bis an die Grenze, wo das Land dem Ozean begegnet.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: One fighter slams the other to the ground, releases him sprawling, then hurls him toward the southeast—visually extending the trajectory to a distant shoreline where earth meets ocean.
FAQs
It reflects the Purāṇic conviction that unrighteous obstruction is driven away, restoring safety and order to the world.
A precise tīrtha is not named, but the verse gestures to liminal sacred geography—shorelines and directional quarters used in Purāṇic mapping.
None in this verse.