Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 50
श्रीमातोवाच । केन वै त्रासिता विप्राः केन वोद्वेजिताः पुनः । तस्याहं कुपिता विप्रा नयिष्ये यमसादनम्
śrīmātovāca | kena vai trāsitā viprāḥ kena vodvejitāḥ punaḥ | tasyāhaṃ kupitā viprā nayiṣye yamasādanam
Śrīmātā dit : «Par qui avez-vous été terrorisés, ô brāhmaṇas, et par qui avez-vous été de nouveau tourmentés ? Courroucée contre lui, ô vipras, je l’enverrai à la demeure de Yama».
Śrīmātā (Devī / Kuladevatā)
Listener: (implied audience within the Purāṇic frame)
Scene: Śrīmātā, newly manifested, addresses the brāhmaṇas with stern compassion; her eyes blaze with controlled anger, promising to send the tormentor to Yama’s abode.
FAQs
The Purāṇa frames the Devī as the upholder of moral order who responds to the suffering of the righteous with swift justice.
The Dharmāraṇya context remains the sacred backdrop; the verse itself is a direct divine utterance rather than a site-description.
None explicitly; the focus is on divine assurance and the restoration of dharma.