Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27
यक्षाणां पंचलक्षाणि किंनराणां तथैव च । जघ्ने पिशाचमुख्यानां सप्तलक्षाणि निर्भयः
yakṣāṇāṃ paṃcalakṣāṇi kiṃnarāṇāṃ tathaiva ca | jaghne piśācamukhyānāṃ saptalakṣāṇi nirbhayaḥ
بے خوف ہو کر، اس نے پانچ لاکھ یکشوں اور اتنے ہی کنّروں کو قتل کیا؛ اور پشاخ سرداروں میں سے اس نے سات لاکھ کو تباہ کر دیا۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A grim census of destruction: Yakṣas with treasure-guardian iconography, Kinnaras with human-animal hybrid traits and musical associations, and Piśācas with gaunt forms—shown falling before an unflinching Kālanemi.
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The Purāṇas portray the scale of calamity caused by adharma so that devotion and dharmic solidarity are seen as essential safeguards.
No sacred site is mentioned in this verse.
None.