Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 21
त्रिशूलेन ततो भिन्नः शक्तिभिः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः । हन्यमानस्तदा रक्षः प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा दिवं गतः
triśūlena tato bhinnaḥ śaktibhiḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ | hanyamānastadā rakṣaḥ prāṇāṃstyaktvā divaṃ gataḥ
அப்போது அந்த ராட்சசன் திரிசூலால் குத்தப்பட்டு, சக்திகளால் தாக்கப்பட்டு, கோபத்தில் மயங்கி அடிபட்டுக்கொண்டே உயிரை விட்டுத் தேவருலகத்திற்குச் சென்றான்।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājan (King)
Scene: A rākṣasa, body arched in fury, is pierced by a trident and struck by spears; as he falls, his life-breath departs upward toward the heavens, while the sacred forest and āśrama backdrop re-emerges in calm.
FAQs
Adharma that attacks sacred life is ultimately destroyed; divine forces protect dharma and even the violent end becomes a karmic turning-point.
Dharmāraṇya (the sacred forest) within the Brāhma Khaṇḍa’s Dharmāraṇya section; the episode supports the site’s protective sanctity.
None in this verse; it is narrative description of the demon’s defeat.