Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 152
सिंहस्कंधं च सा देवी ततस्तमध्यरोहत । खड्गेन तीक्ष्णेन शिरो देवी तस्य न्यकृंतत
siṃhaskaṃdhaṃ ca sā devī tatastamadhyarohata | khaḍgena tīkṣṇena śiro devī tasya nyakṛṃtata
அதன்பின் சிங்கத் தோள்போன்ற வீரத் தோற்றமுடைய தேவி அதன்மேல் ஏறி, கூரிய வாளால் அதன் தலையை வெட்டினாள்।
Deductive: Purāṇic narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Devī, lion-shouldered in heroic poise, mounts the colossal buffalo; with a gleaming sword she strikes—one clean arc—severing the head as divine light bursts forth and the battlefield stills.
FAQs
Divine courage and discernment ‘sever’ the head of ignorance and brute force; dharma acts decisively when the time comes.
Not explicit here; the verse is part of the Arbuda Khaṇḍa combat sequence.
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