Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22
ततोत्यंतं स चीत्कृत्य देव्याकृत्तकरःकरी । अकिंचित्करतां प्राप्य माहिषं वपुराददे
tatotyaṃtaṃ sa cītkṛtya devyākṛttakaraḥkarī | akiṃcitkaratāṃ prāpya māhiṣaṃ vapurādade
Alors, poussant un cri d’atroce douleur, cet éléphant—à qui la Déesse avait tranché la trompe—devint sans recours et, quittant sa forme d’éléphant, prit le corps d’un buffle.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The wounded elephant screams; its severed trunk visible; the body ripples and transforms into a massive buffalo, eyes blazing with renewed malice despite helplessness.
FAQs
Ego-driven power shifts forms, but helplessness follows when dharma is opposed; the Goddess exposes and overcomes such deception.
Kāśī is the implied sacred setting whose sanctity is defended by the Divine Mother.
None; the verse focuses on the demon’s transformation and defeat sequence.