Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31
दक्षिणस्योदधेस्तीरेप्रदुद्राव त्वरान्वितः । अनुदुद्राव तं देवी सिंहमारुह्य वाहनम्
dakṣiṇasyodadhestīrepradudrāva tvarānvitaḥ | anududrāva taṃ devī siṃhamāruhya vāhanam
เขารีบเร่งหนีไปตามฝั่งมหาสมุทรทิศใต้ด้วยความตระหนก พระเทวีทรงขึ้นสิงห์เป็นพาหนะ แล้วติดตามไล่ล่าเขา
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Tirtha: Setu-tīra (Dakṣiṇodadhi-tīra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A demon fleeing along a wind-swept southern seashore; behind him the Goddess Durgā rides a roaring lion, hair and garments streaming, waves breaking against dark rocks, the horizon glowing with battle-light.
FAQs
No refuge remains for adharma; divine justice follows even to the edges of the world, safeguarding the sanctity of sacred coasts and tīrthas.
The southern ocean littoral associated with Setu (Rāma-setu region) is evoked, aligning the battle narrative with Setu’s coastal sacred geography.
None; the verse situates the action geographically, supporting the māhātmya’s travel-sacred context.