Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8
क्षणं रावांस्ततो मुक्त्वा त्राहि मुञ्चेति वक्त्यणु । ततः कृपालुना मुक्ता पादयोः पतिताऽब्रवीत्
kṣaṇaṃ rāvāṃstato muktvā trāhi muñceti vaktyaṇu | tataḥ kṛpālunā muktā pādayoḥ patitā'bravīt
क्षणभर चीत्कार छोड़कर वह क्षीण वाणी से बोली—“त्राहि, मुझे छोड़ो!” तब कृपालु ने उसे मुक्त किया; वह उसके चरणों में गिरकर बोली।
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) describing the scene (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa style)
Scene: A faint cry—‘Save me, release me!’—then the captor’s compassion; she is freed and collapses at his feet, beginning her confession.
FAQs
Taking refuge (śaraṇāgati) and sincere pleading for protection draws compassionate deliverance.
No explicit tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative setup within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.
None directly; the verse depicts supplication and release rather than a rite.