Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
देवा ऊचुः । दानवो महिषो नाम पितामहवरान्वितः । अवध्यः सर्वभूतानां देवानां च तथा कृतः
devā ūcuḥ | dānavo mahiṣo nāma pitāmahavarānvitaḥ | avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ devānāṃ ca tathā kṛtaḥ
देवों ने कहा—‘महिष’ नाम का एक दानव है, जिसे पितामह ब्रह्मा के वर प्राप्त हैं। वह समस्त प्राणियों तथा देवताओं के द्वारा भी अवध्य बना दिया गया है।
Devas
Scene: A council of devas speaks of the dānava Mahīṣa, empowered by Brahmā’s boon of near-invincibility; the atmosphere is tense, with celestial beings seeking a dharmic solution.
FAQs
Power gained through boons without dharma becomes tyranny; cosmic order requires divine intervention to protect the worlds.
The verse is part of the Arbuda narrative frame; it does not directly praise a named tīrtha.
None; it explains the cause (the boon) that necessitates Devī’s saving action.