Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
ततः प्रविश्य जलधिं तं दृष्ट्वा दानवं रुषा । खङ्गाग्रेण शिरश्छित्त्वा चर्ममुण्डधरा ततः
tataḥ praviśya jaladhiṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā dānavaṃ ruṣā | khaṅgāgreṇa śiraśchittvā carmamuṇḍadharā tataḥ
そして海に入り、そのダーナヴァを見ると、怒りをもって剣の刃でその首を切り落とし、その後、皮と切断された頭を持った。
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa speaking to sages)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha region) with sāgara-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Scene: A fierce goddess plunges into the dark ocean, confronts a Dānava, and with a single sword-stroke severs his head; she rises bearing the flayed hide and the severed head as grim emblems of victory.
FAQs
Dharma is not merely defended—it is decisively established; divine justice cuts through chaos even in the depths.
Prabhāsa’s oceanic boundary and sacred waters are foregrounded as the setting of the demon’s final defeat.
None directly; however, the ocean-setting naturally supports the māhātmya theme of tīrtha waters as spiritually potent.