Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
सुस्राव रुधिरं भूरि गैरिकं पर्वतो यथा । ततः कोपपरीतात्मा निवृत्त्याथ शनैः शनैः
susrāva rudhiraṃ bhūri gairikaṃ parvato yathā | tataḥ kopaparītātmā nivṛttyātha śanaiḥ śanaiḥ
Blut floss in Strömen aus ihm heraus, wie roter Ocker, der von einem Berg herabfließt. Dann, den Geist von Wut umhüllt, zog er sich langsam, Schritt für Schritt, zurück.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; speaker not explicit in verse)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A wounded aggressor staggers back; thick blood pours like red ochre down a rocky slope; his face is twisted with rage as he retreats step by step, dust and iron scent in the air.
FAQs
Adharma culminates in suffering and retreat; the Devī’s protection of cosmic order is portrayed as inevitable.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.