Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 156
ततो जघान भूयोऽपि दानवान्सा रुषान्विता । हतशेषाश्च ये दैत्या निर्भिद्य धरणीतलम्
tato jaghāna bhūyo'pi dānavānsā ruṣānvitā | hataśeṣāśca ye daityā nirbhidya dharaṇītalam
Then, filled with wrath, she again struck down the Dānavas. And the remaining Daityas—those left alive after the slaughter—broke through the earth’s surface and fled below.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta-style narration within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kingly audience (contextual)
Scene: Devī, wrathful, continues striking; scattered daityas crack the ground and dive into fissures, disappearing into darkness beneath the earth while dust and debris erupt upward.
FAQs
When dharma is defended by the Divine, even entrenched forces of chaos are driven to retreat.
Arbuda/Varaparvata, presented as a stage of divine intervention that sanctifies the landscape.
None explicitly; the verse contributes to the site’s Mahātmya through sacred history.