Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 96
क्व पास्यस्तीति ब्रूते सा ब्रूहि त्वं सांप्रतं हि मे । कर्णाटक महादुष्ट एहि शीघ्रं हि युध्यताम्
kva pāsyastīti brūte sā brūhi tvaṃ sāṃprataṃ hi me | karṇāṭaka mahāduṣṭa ehi śīghraṃ hi yudhyatām
Elle dit : «Où fuiras-tu ? Dis-le-moi—dis-le-moi à l’instant. Ô Karṇāṭaka, grand scélérat, viens ; vite, que le combat s’engage !»
Devī (Mātaṅgī)
Scene: The Goddess speaks fiercely into the empty air: ‘Where will you flee?’ Her posture is forward, commanding; the battlefield listens as she summons Karṇāṭaka to reappear and fight; tension gathers before the next clash.
FAQs
Adharma cannot escape accountability; the Devī calls it out directly and compels the restoration of righteous order.
The setting remains Dharmāraṇya (sacred forest) in the Brahmakhaṇḍa; this verse spotlights the Devī’s protective confrontation rather than a named tīrtha.
None; it is a direct address challenging the asura to battle.