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
ഈശ്വരൻ (ശിവൻ) അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഹേ സ്കന്ദാ, പൂർവ്വം ത്രേതായുഗത്തിൽ രാമൻ രാവണനെ വധിച്ചു; അപ്പോൾ പതിനാലു കോടി ബ്രഹ്മരാക്ഷസരും നശിച്ചു।
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.