Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29
हते त्वयि दुराधर्षे मया दैवतकंटके । स्वंस्वं स्थानं प्रपद्यंतां सिद्धा साध्या मरुद्गणाः
hate tvayi durādharṣe mayā daivatakaṃṭake | svaṃsvaṃ sthānaṃ prapadyaṃtāṃ siddhā sādhyā marudgaṇāḥ
«Quando tu, difícil de subjugar, espinho para os deuses, fores morto por mim, que os Siddhas, os Sādhyas e as hostes dos Maruts retornem, cada qual, ao seu devido lugar».
Devī (continuing speech contextually from the prior verse)
Tirtha: Setukṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis / tīrtha audience
Scene: Devī declares that once Mahīṣāsura is slain, Siddhas, Sādhyas, and Maruts will return to their abodes—cosmic calm after storm.
FAQs
The defeat of adharma restores cosmic harmony; divine victory is not merely conquest but re-establishment of rightful stations and duties.
Setu is the overarching sacred context; the narrative elevates the Setu region as a place resonant with restoration of dharma.
None stated; the verse expresses the post-victory restoration of divine order.