Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 49
गच्छ विंध्याचले तत्र सुरकार्यं करिष्यति । अत्र शुंभनिशुंभौ च हत्वा तारकसैन्यपौ
gaccha viṃdhyācale tatra surakāryaṃ kariṣyati | atra śuṃbhaniśuṃbhau ca hatvā tārakasainyapau
हे देवी, विंध्याचलास जा; तेथे तू देवकार्य सिद्ध करशील. येथे शुंभ-निशुंभ—तारकाच्या सैन्याचे सेनापती—यांचा वध करून…
Brahmā
Tirtha: Vindhyācala / Vindhyavāsinī-kshetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/audience in the Purāṇic frame (not explicit here)
Scene: Brahmā or the devas dispatch the goddess toward the Vindhya mountain; the distant silhouette of Vindhyācala rises, with banners of the devas and the looming threat of Śumbha-Niśumbha and Tāraka’s forces implied.
FAQs
Dharma is protected through divine mission: Devī is directed to a specific sacred landscape to restore cosmic balance.
Vindhyācala (Mount Vindhya) is explicitly named as the destination where the divine work for the gods will be accomplished.
None; the verse contains a command and prophecy regarding Devī’s battle and movement to Vindhya.