Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39
प्रोत्फुल्लारुणनीलाब्जसंहतिः सर्वतो दिशः । अथागाद्भुकुटीवक्रो दैत्येंद्राभिमुखो रणे
protphullāruṇanīlābjasaṃhatiḥ sarvato diśaḥ | athāgādbhukuṭīvakro daityeṃdrābhimukho raṇe
គ្រប់ទិសទាំងអស់ បង្ហាញឡើងជាក្រុមផ្កាឈូកក្រហម និងខៀវ បើកពេញលេញ; បន្ទាប់មក គាត់ចិញ្ចើមខ្មៅកោងដោយកំហឹង ក៏ដើរចូលសមរភូមិ ប្រឈមមុខស្តេចអសុរ។
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced); the advancing figure is Kapālī implied by immediate context
Scene: Surreal battlefield omen: the sky and all directions filled with clusters of red and blue lotuses, as Kapālī advances with knitted brows toward the daitya-king.
FAQs
The approach of the divine power is depicted with auspicious imagery (lotuses), teaching that even amid conflict, dharma’s restoration carries sacred beauty and order.
No tīrtha is explicitly glorified in this verse.
None.