Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 150
एवं निःशेषितास्त्रोऽसौ दानवो बलवत्तरः । चकार परमां मायां दिव्यैरस्त्रैः सुरेश्वरी
evaṃ niḥśeṣitāstro'sau dānavo balavattaraḥ | cakāra paramāṃ māyāṃ divyairastraiḥ sureśvarī
Kaya, nang maubos na ng makapangyarihang Dānava ang lahat ng kanyang sandata, ginamit ng Reyna ng mga diyos ang sukdulang māyā, na sinasandigan ng mga banal na astra.
Deductive: Purāṇic narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The battlefield pauses: the Dānava stands weaponless; the Devī, radiant, invokes a supreme māyā—space ripples, divine astras appear as luminous sigils around her, and reality itself seems to bend.
FAQs
Divine māyā is not deception for its own sake but a higher strategy that subdues adharma when ordinary measures are spent.
Not explicit in this verse; it continues the Arbuda Khaṇḍa episode.
None.