Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12
महिषश्चैव शुंभश्च उभौ वध्यौ च योषिता । जंभो दुर्वाससा शप्तः शक्रवध्यो भवानिति । तस्मात्त्वं दिव्यवीर्येण जहि जंभं मदोत्कटम्
mahiṣaścaiva śuṃbhaśca ubhau vadhyau ca yoṣitā | jaṃbho durvāsasā śaptaḥ śakravadhyo bhavāniti | tasmāttvaṃ divyavīryeṇa jahi jaṃbhaṃ madotkaṭam
महिष आणि शुंभ—हे दोघेही स्त्रीकडून वध्य आहेत. पण जंभाला दुर्वासांनी शाप दिला—‘तू शक्र (इंद्र) याच्याहाती मरेल.’ म्हणून तू आपल्या दिव्य पराक्रमाने मदोन्मत्त जंभाचा वध कर.
Keśava (Viṣṇu) (contextual: advising Indra with knowledge of boons/curses)
Scene: A divine council scene: Viṣṇu (Vaikuṇṭha) indicates the destined slaying—Mahiṣa and Śumbha by a woman, Jambha by Indra—while the daitya Jambha is shown intoxicated with pride, towering like a thorn to the worlds.
FAQs
Adharma falls according to divine ordinance—each force of evil meets the fitting counter-force decreed by cosmic law.
No site is specified; the focus is on the dharmic logic of curses/boons in the Kaumārikā narrative.
None; it is an injunction for righteous combat (dharma-yuddha) rather than a ritual.