Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 49
वीरभद्रो महाबाहू रुद्रेणैव प्रचोदितः । काली कात्यायनीशाना चामुंडा मुंडमर्द्दिनी
vīrabhadro mahābāhū rudreṇaiva pracoditaḥ | kālī kātyāyanīśānā cāmuṃḍā muṃḍamarddinī
Vīrabhadra aux bras puissants—poussé par Rudra lui-même—apparut, avec Kālī, Kātyāyanī, Īśānā et Cāmuṇḍā, la meurtrière de Muṇḍa.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa; traditionally Sūta to sages)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (contextual)
Scene: Rudra’s command precipitates the sudden manifestation of Vīrabhadra and fierce yet auspicious Devī-forms—Kālī, Kātyāyanī, Īśānā, Cāmuṇḍā—poised to intervene in a sacrificial crisis.
FAQs
When dharma is violated, Rudra’s corrective power manifests through divine forces that restore cosmic order.
The verse is within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred narrative frame connected to Kedāra, though it describes divine manifestations rather than local topography.
None; it is a narrative listing of deities/forces mobilized by Rudra.