Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवी सा दृष्ट्वा तानुपस्थितान् । युद्धाय कृतसंकल्पांस्तर्जतश्च मुहुर्मुहुः
etasminnaṃtare devī sā dṛṣṭvā tānupasthitān | yuddhāya kṛtasaṃkalpāṃstarjataśca muhurmuhuḥ
ഇതിനിടയിൽ, യുദ്ധത്തിന് തീരുമാനിച്ചുറച്ച്, വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും വെല്ലുവിളിച്ചുകൊണ്ട് അവർ അവിടെ എത്തിച്ചേർന്നത് ദേവി കണ്ടു.
Narrator (Purāṇic narration within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Goddess stands firm, radiant, facing an assembled armed group; her posture is battle-ready, and she rebukes them repeatedly—words like thunder, gaze unwavering.
FAQs
When dharma is threatened, the Divine Power (Devī) stands as protector—warning the unrighteous and defending the sacred order.
The broader chapter is within a tīrtha-māhātmya framework, but the site is not specified in this verse alone.
None; it narrates the onset of conflict and Devī’s admonition.