Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 88
एवमन्योन्यमाकृष्य युध्यमानौ जयेच्छया । ततः परिघमादाय आयसं दैत्यपुंगवः
evamanyonyamākṛṣya yudhyamānau jayecchayā | tataḥ parighamādāya āyasaṃ daityapuṃgavaḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ പരസ്പരം വലിച്ചിഴച്ച് ജയേച്ഛയോടെ യുദ്ധം ചെയ്യുമ്പോൾ; ദൈത്യശ്രേഷ്ഠൻ ഇരുമ്പുപരിഘം (ഗദ) എടുത്തു.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Scene: The daitya and the Goddess close in, pulling and grappling; the daitya then lifts an iron parigha (club/bar) with brute force, preparing a crushing strike.
FAQs
Victory-seeking aggression escalates conflict; dharma narratives show how force is met and ultimately restrained by divine order.
Dharmāraṇya as a sacred forest-region forms the backdrop; the verse itself does not name a particular tīrtha.
None; the verse narrates combat and weapon-taking.