Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 178
क्रौंचपर्वतमादाय देवसंघान्प्रबाधते । सोऽधुना ते भयाद्वीर पलायित्वा नगं गतः । जहि तं पापसंकल्पं क्रौंचस्थं शक्तिवेगतः
krauṃcaparvatamādāya devasaṃghānprabādhate | so'dhunā te bhayādvīra palāyitvā nagaṃ gataḥ | jahi taṃ pāpasaṃkalpaṃ krauṃcasthaṃ śaktivegataḥ
Taking refuge in Mount Krauñca, he torments the hosts of gods. Now, O hero, fleeing out of fear of you, he has gone to that mountain. Slay that evil-intentioned one who dwells in Krauñca—swiftly, with the force of your Spear.
Keśava (Viṣṇu), continuing to address Skanda (by context from prior verse)
Tirtha: Krauñca-parvata
Type: peak
Listener: Frame audience (contextual)
Scene: Keśava points toward a distant, formidable mountain; Skanda grips the spear (śakti/vel), poised to depart; devas look anxious yet hopeful; the mountain looms as a dark refuge of the daitya.
FAQs
Dharma requires decisive protection: when the gods and worlds are afflicted, the righteous hero must act without delay.
Mount Krauñca is highlighted as the setting of the episode; it functions as a mythic-sacred landmark within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa narrative.
None; the verse issues a martial instruction rather than a vrata or tīrtha-ritual.