Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33
प्रविश्यांतर्हितस्तस्थौ दुर्गाताडनविह्वलः । ततो दुर्गा समासाद्य धर्मपुष्करिणीतटम्
praviśyāṃtarhitastasthau durgātāḍanavihvalaḥ | tato durgā samāsādya dharmapuṣkariṇītaṭam
അതിനകത്തു കടന്ന് മഹിഷൻ മറഞ്ഞുനിന്നു, ദുർഗയുടെ പ്രഹാരങ്ങളിൽ വിറങ്ങലിച്ചു; പിന്നെ ദുർഗ ധർമ്മപുഷ്കരിണിയുടെ തീരത്തെത്തി।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Tirtha: Dharmapuṣkariṇī-taṭa
Type: ghat
Scene: Under the lake’s surface, Mahīṣa hides in shadowed waters, bruised by Devī’s blows; above, on stone steps at the bank, Durgā arrives—still, radiant, scanning the waters.
FAQs
Concealment cannot shield adharma; when dharma (Durgā) arrives at the tīrtha, truth and accountability surface.
Dharmapuṣkariṇī—its bank (taṭa) is explicitly named, marking it as a recognizable pilgrimage point in Setukhaṇḍa.
None in this verse; it functions as tīrtha-topography within the narrative.