Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70
एते चान्ये च बहवो महिषासुर मंत्रिणः । योद्धुकामा रणे देव्याः पुरतस्त्ववतस्थिरे
ete cānye ca bahavo mahiṣāsura maṃtriṇaḥ | yoddhukāmā raṇe devyāḥ puratastvavatasthire
Ceux-ci, et bien d’autres encore—ministres de Mahiṣāsura—désireux de combattre, prirent place au combat devant la Devī.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in third-person narration)
Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A broad battle tableau: numerous ministers of Mahiṣāsura assemble and take their stand in formation directly before the Devī, weapons raised, banners unfurled.
FAQs
Evil organizes itself with counsel and force, yet it still must face the Devī—symbol of dharma’s unassailable authority.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the Setu-khaṇḍa narrative context.
None.