खड्गचर्मधरादेवी सुरूपा सिंहवाहिनी । मर्द्दयन्ती महादैत्यान्देवीकोटिसमन्विता
khaḍgacarmadharādevī surūpā siṃhavāhinī | marddayantī mahādaityāndevīkoṭisamanvitā
ఖడ్గము, చర్మము (ఢాలు) ధరించిన సురూపిణి సింహవాహినీ దేవి, కోటి దేవతాస్వరూపిణుల సమేతగా మహాదైత్యులను మర్దించింది।
Śiva (implied, addressing Devī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣis/śaunaka-type assembly typical of purāṇic frame)
Scene: A radiant Devī, sword and shield raised, seated upon a roaring lion, surrounded by countless attendant goddesses, crushing towering daityas amid dust, conch-sounds, and sea-wind from the Prabhāsa coast.
Divine beauty and divine power coexist; śakti protects the world by subduing adharma.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the narrative anchors the goddess’ victorious presence.
No explicit rite is stated; the emphasis is on the goddess’ protective intervention.