Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 94
पश्यतां तत्र तेषां तु अदृश्योऽभून्महासुरः । पपौ पानं ततो देवी जहासारुणलोचना
paśyatāṃ tatra teṣāṃ tu adṛśyo'bhūnmahāsuraḥ | papau pānaṃ tato devī jahāsāruṇalocanā
وہاں ان کے دیکھتے دیکھتے وہ بڑا اسور غائب ہو گیا۔ پھر سرخ آنکھوں والی دیوی ہنس پڑی اور اپنا پینے کا مشروب پی لیا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Scene: Before a watching host, the great asura vanishes; the Goddess, eyes reddened with controlled wrath, laughs and calmly drinks—unmoved—while the battlefield pauses in astonishment.
FAQs
Illusion and disappearance cannot unsettle the Devī; divine consciousness remains steady and victorious over trickery.
Dharmāraṇya is the implied sacred setting; the verse does not specify a pilgrimage site.
None; “pāna” here appears as narrative detail, not a ritual injunction.