Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 23
जघान तीक्ष्णधाराग्रैः परमर्मविदारणैः । ततः स पुरुषो विप्रा गजोऽभूद्धस्तदन्तवान्
jaghāna tīkṣṇadhārāgraiḥ paramarmavidāraṇaiḥ | tataḥ sa puruṣo viprā gajo'bhūddhastadantavān
พระนางทรงฟาดฟันด้วยปลายศรคมกริบ ดุจคมดาบ เจาะฉีกจุดสำคัญยิ่ง แล้วบุรุษนั้น—โอ้พราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย—กลับกลายเป็นช้าง มีงวงและงา
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)
Tirtha: Setukṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)
Scene: Devī’s arrows, sharp as blades, tear through vital joints; the wounded asura instantly becomes an elephant with trunk and tusks, towering and furious.
FAQs
Divine wisdom targets the ‘marma’—the vulnerable core—showing that dharma’s victory is both power and precision.
Setukhaṇḍa’s sacred geography is the setting, but this verse is not directly a tīrtha-praise statement.
None.