Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
छिन्ने शिरसि खङ्गेन तद्रूपो निःसृतः पुमान् । रौद्रोऽपि स गतः स्वर्गं दैत्यो देव्यस्त्रपातितः
chinne śirasi khaṅgena tadrūpo niḥsṛtaḥ pumān | raudro'pi sa gataḥ svargaṃ daityo devyastrapātitaḥ
खङ्गेन शिरसि छिन्ने तस्माद्देहात् तद्रूपः पुमान् निःसृतः। देव्यस्त्रेण निहतोऽपि स रौद्रो दैत्यः स्वर्गं गतः॥
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A decapitated asura body collapses; from the severed neck a luminous human-form (pumān-rūpa) rises upward, while Devī’s weapon still gleams; gods watch in astonishment as the fierce daitya attains svarga.
FAQs
Contact with the divine—even through punishment—can purify; divine justice is also a gateway to transformation beyond hatred.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where such narratives establish the kṣetra as a stage for dharma’s triumph and spiritual consequence.
None explicitly; the focus is on the karmic outcome of being slain by Devī.