Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
इल्वलं क्रोधमुष्ट्या तु भस्मीचक्रे महामुनिः । ततो हाहारवं कृत्वा सर्वे दैत्या ननंशिरे
ilvalaṃ krodhamuṣṭyā tu bhasmīcakre mahāmuniḥ | tato hāhāravaṃ kṛtvā sarve daityā nanaṃśire
അപ്പോൾ മഹാമുനി ക്രോധമുഷ്ടിപ്രഹാരത്തോടെ ഇൽവലനെ ഭസ്മമാക്കി. തുടർന്ന് ‘ഹാ ഹാ’ എന്ന് വിലപിച്ച് എല്ലാ ദൈത്യരും ഓടിപ്പോയി.
Narrator
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī) (explicitly addressed in nearby verses)
Scene: A blazing ascetic sage strikes the demon Ilvala with a clenched fist; Ilvala collapses into ash while terrified Daityas scatter, hands raised, crying in panic.
FAQs
When dharma is threatened, decisive action by the righteous restores order; adharma ultimately retreats from sanctity.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, depicted as a sacred arena where demonic forces are driven out.
None; it concludes the narrative with the defeat and dispersal of the Daityas.