Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
तस्या भयेन ये दैत्या विद्रुता दक्षिणार्णवम् । पृष्ठतोऽनुययौ तान्वै सा देवी सिंहवाहिनी
tasyā bhayena ye daityā vidrutā dakṣiṇārṇavam | pṛṣṭhato'nuyayau tānvai sā devī siṃhavāhinī
ಅವಳ ಭಯದಿಂದ ದೈತ್ಯರು ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಸಮುದ್ರದ ಕಡೆ ಓಡಿದರು; ಅವರನ್ನು ಸಿಂಹವಾಹಿನಿ ದೇವಿ ಹಿಂದೆಂದೇ ಹಿಂಬಾಲಿಸಿದಳು।
Śiva (implied, addressing Devī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (sea-shore boundary)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience within the Prabhāsa-māhātmya frame
Scene: Daityas in panic sprint toward the roaring southern sea; behind them Devī on a lion charges forward, attendants streaming like a celestial army; spray and wind whip the banners as the coastline approaches.
FAQs
Adharma cannot escape divine justice; protective power follows until disorder is checked.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra and its surrounding coastal sacred geography.
None stated here.
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