Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 21
सिंहवेषोऽभवद्दैत्यो महाबलपराक्रमः । देवी तस्य शिरोयावच्छेत्तुं बुद्धिमधारयत्
siṃhaveṣo'bhavaddaityo mahābalaparākramaḥ | devī tasya śiroyāvacchettuṃ buddhimadhārayat
Le daitya prit l’apparence d’un lion, pourvu d’une grande force et d’une vaillance redoutable. La Devī forma l’intention de lui trancher la tête.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)
Tirtha: Setukṣetra / Setubandha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: The demon suddenly takes a lion-form, massive and powerful; the Goddess, unwavering, focuses on the act of beheading—her gaze fixed, weapons poised.
FAQs
Evil may imitate the symbols of power, but divine discernment pierces disguise and targets the root (the ‘head’) of adharma.
The Setu region is the narrative container; no specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.