Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
अब्रवीत्तिष्ठतिष्ठेति खङ्गमुद्यम्य भीषणः । सोऽपिदेव्या महाराज तथा चैवावलोकितः
abravīttiṣṭhatiṣṭheti khaṅgamudyamya bhīṣaṇaḥ | so'pidevyā mahārāja tathā caivāvalokitaḥ
ລາວຊູດາບຂຶ້ນຢ່າງນ່າຢ້ານ ແລະຮ້ອງວ່າ «ຢຸດ! ຢຸດ!» ແຕ່ເຖິງຢ່າງນັ້ນ ໂອ ພະຣາຊາຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ ລາວກໍພຽງແຕ່ຖືກພຣະເທວີສະແດງພຣະເນດສົມທອງເທົ່ານັ້ນ।
Narrator (addressing a king: mahārāja)
Tirtha: Arbuda
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: Śumbha strides forward alone, sword lifted, shouting ‘tiṣṭha tiṣṭha’; Devī meets him with a steady gaze; the moment freezes just before his power collapses under her look.
FAQs
Outer ferocity cannot stand before inner divinity; Devī’s calm power neutralizes violent ego.
Arbuda’s sacred setting continues as the locus of Devī’s decisive protection.
None; the focus is on the immediacy of divine justice in the protection narrative.