Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
ततस्ते तत्समालोक्य बलं देवीसमुद्रवम् । रौद्र रूपधरं तीव्रं विकृतं विकृतैर्मुखैः
tataste tatsamālokya balaṃ devīsamudravam | raudra rūpadharaṃ tīvraṃ vikṛtaṃ vikṛtairmukhaiḥ
तेव्हा त्यांनी देवीनां समुद्रवेगासारखे उसळणारे ते बल पाहिले—अत्यंत तीव्र, रौद्र रूप धारण केलेले, विकृत मुखांनी भयावह दिसणारे।
Narrator (contextual; specific speaker not stated in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Kāla-Yavanas look up and behold a surging, ocean-like rush of goddesses—fierce, intense, with grotesque faces—an overwhelming wave of divine power bearing down upon them.
FAQs
The divine may appear fearsome when confronting adharma; wrathful forms are compassionate protection in action.
The broader unit is Tīrthamāhātmya in Nāgarakhaṇḍa; this verse does not specify the site-name.
None; it is a depiction of the divine host’s appearance and impact.