Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
तस्मिन्निपात्यमाने तु सैन्ये दानवसत्तमः । क्रोधं कृत्वा ततः शीघ्रं तामेवाभिमुखो ययौ
tasminnipātyamāne tu sainye dānavasattamaḥ | krodhaṃ kṛtvā tataḥ śīghraṃ tāmevābhimukho yayau
Tandis que cette armée était abattue, le plus éminent des Dānavas, embrasé de colère, s’avança promptement, droit vers elle.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame listener addressed as devēśi (queen of gods)
Scene: The dānava-chief, seeing his forces destroyed, burns with rage and charges straight at the radiant Goddess/maiden. The composition tightens from mass battle to focused confrontation.
FAQs
Ego and rage drive adharma to confront the divine directly—yet such confrontation only hastens its downfall.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where the narrative frames the kṣetra as protected by Devī’s presence and victory.
None; the verse continues the martial account leading to the asura’s defeat.