Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
चारा ऊचुः । भ्रममाणैर्धरापृष्ठे दृष्टाऽपूर्वा कुमारिका । विन्ध्याचलेऽद्य चास्माभिर्भुजैर्द्वादशभिर्युता । नानाशस्त्रधरैर्दीप्तैश्चर्मच्छादितगात्रका
cārā ūcuḥ | bhramamāṇairdharāpṛṣṭhe dṛṣṭā'pūrvā kumārikā | vindhyācale'dya cāsmābhirbhujairdvādaśabhiryutā | nānāśastradharairdīptaiścarmacchāditagātrakā
Para pengintip berkata: “Ketika kami mengembara di permukaan bumi, hari ini di Gunung Vindhya kami melihat seorang gadis yang belum pernah ada bandingannya—berlengan dua belas, menggenggam pelbagai senjata yang berkilau, dan anggota tubuhnya diselubungi kulit.”
Cārāḥ (spies/agents of the daitya lord)
Tirtha: Vindhyācala (as Devī-sthala)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Their lord (Mahiṣa)
Scene: Asura spies describe (or behold) an unprecedented maiden on Vindhya: twelve arms radiating outward, each holding a different shining weapon; her body is clad in hide, suggesting fierce ascetic-warrior energy; the mountain backdrop frames her as the kṣetra-devatā.
FAQs
The Purāṇas portray dharma as protected by divine power; the sacred landscape can reveal extraordinary, protective forms when tapas matures.
Vindhyācala (the Vindhya mountain region) is explicitly mentioned as the setting within the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.
None directly; the verse is a report describing a divine/extraordinary form encountered at Vindhyācala.