Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
ईश्वर उवाच । पूर्वं त्रेतायुगे स्कन्द हतो रामेण रावणः । चतुर्दश तदा कोट्यो निहता ब्रह्मरक्षसाम्
īśvara uvāca | pūrvaṃ tretāyuge skanda hato rāmeṇa rāvaṇaḥ | caturdaśa tadā koṭyo nihatā brahmarakṣasām
ಈಶ್ವರ (ಶಿವ) ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಹೇ ಸ್ಕಂದ, ಪೂರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ತ್ರೇತಾಯುಗದಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಮನು ರಾವಣನನ್ನು ವಧಿಸಿದನು; ಆಗ ಹದಿನಾಲ್ಕು ಕೋಟಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮರಾಕ್ಷಸರು ಸಹ ನಾಶವಾದರು।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Listener: Skanda
Scene: Śiva narrates to Skanda: the climactic slaying of Rāvaṇa by Rāma; the sky clears as brahma-rākṣasas fall, devas rejoice.
FAQs
Cosmic order is restored through dharmic action; even vast forces of adharma are ultimately overcome.
The immediate setting is Kailāsa (from the framing); the verse itself references epic history rather than a particular tīrtha.
None; it establishes narrative context tied to Rāmāyaṇa-era events.