Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52
निहंति दुष्टसंघातान्महाबलपराक्रमा । वायुस्कंधानि सप्तापिश्रृणुयद्वत्स्थितान्यपि
nihaṃti duṣṭasaṃghātānmahābalaparākramā | vāyuskaṃdhāni saptāpiśrṛṇuyadvatsthitānyapi
Mighty in strength and valor, she destroys the multitudes of the wicked. Now hear also of the seven ‘supports’ of wind—how they are stationed.
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.