Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40
भयेन महताविष्टा दिशो भेजुः समंततः । अथासौ बाष्कलिः प्राप्तः सैन्येन महता वृतः
bhayena mahatāviṣṭā diśo bhejuḥ samaṃtataḥ | athāsau bāṣkaliḥ prāptaḥ sainyena mahatā vṛtaḥ
മഹാഭയത്തിൽ ആകുലരായി അവർ എല്ലാദിക്കുകളിലേക്കും ചിതറിപ്പോയി. പിന്നെ ബാഷ്കലി മഹാസൈന്യത്താൽ ചുറ്റപ്പെട്ടവനായി അവിടെ എത്തി।
Pulastya (narration)
Tirtha: Arbuda
Type: peak
Scene: Devas scatter toward the four quarters, garments and banners streaming; in the center distance, Bāṣkali advances with a massive army—rows of warriors, standards, drums, and dust clouds rising at the foot of Arbuda.
FAQs
Unchecked fear disperses unity, while adharma often advances with loud force—setting the stage for divine protection and restoration of dharma.
Mount Arbuda and its sacred landscape, as narrated in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa.
No ritual is prescribed here; it describes the arrival of Bāṣkali with his forces.