Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 55
ततस्तस्या व्यवर्धन्त दंष्ट्राः कुन्देन्दुसन्निभाः । योजनानां सहस्राणि अयुतान्यर्बुदानि च
tatastasyā vyavardhanta daṃṣṭrāḥ kundendusannibhāḥ | yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi ayutānyarbudāni ca
ครั้นแล้ว เขี้ยวของพระนางซึ่งสว่างดุจดอกกุณฑะและจันทรา ก็ขยายใหญ่ไพศาล: เป็นพันโยชน์ เป็นหมื่นโยชน์ และถึงอรพุทะกับโกฏิอันประมาณมิได้
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced; exact speaker not in snippet]
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (implied)
Scene: Devī’s fangs, gleaming like jasmine and the moon, extend to unimaginable distances—thousands of yojanas—signaling an overwhelming, cosmic predatory power directed against adharma.
FAQs
The Purāṇas use cosmic scale to teach awe: divine power surpasses human measures and cannot be reduced to ordinary categories.
Not specified; this is a cosmic description within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative setting.
None.