Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67
वदनं पूरयामास दिव्यैस्त्रैर्महाबलः । स तैर्बाणैरभिहतो महिषोऽचलसंनिभः
vadanaṃ pūrayāmāsa divyaistrairmahābalaḥ | sa tairbāṇairabhihato mahiṣo'calasaṃnibhaḥ
Pinuno ng makapangyarihan ang bibig nito ng tatlong banal na palaso. Tinamaan ng mga palasong iyon, si Mahiṣa—gaya ng bundok—ay nasugatan.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A mighty warrior draws three radiant, divine arrows and, in a dramatic gesture, places them to his mouth (as if empowering/charging them) before releasing; the buffalo-demon Mahīṣa, huge as a mountain, reels as the shafts strike and wound him.
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Divine power is precise and purposeful: it counters destructive appetite (devouring) with disciplined, dharmic force.
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