Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
तस्मात्कुण्डाद्विनिष्क्रांता धृतखड्गा भयावहा । साऽपरापि तथारूपा शक्तिः परमदारुणा
tasmātkuṇḍādviniṣkrāṃtā dhṛtakhaḍgā bhayāvahā | sā'parāpi tathārūpā śaktiḥ paramadāruṇā
اسی کُنڈ سے ایک اور بھی ظاہر ہوئی، ہاتھ میں تلوار لیے، دیکھنے میں ہیبت ناک۔ اور اسی صورت کی ایک اور شکتی بھی نمودار ہوئی—نہایت سخت گیر اور انتہائی خوفناک۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in māhātmya style)
Type: kund
Scene: From the kuṇḍa rise two fierce śaktis, each gripping a sword, faces intense and awe-inspiring; flames and smoke frame them like a battlefield aura, while devotees recoil in reverent fear, hands folded.
FAQs
Divine compassion includes fierce protection—Śakti arises to destroy threats and guard dharma at the holy site.
The chapter’s kuṇḍa is praised as a protective seat of Śakti where guardian forms manifest.
Implicitly, the efficacy of the prior homa and mantra is affirmed by the emergence of protective Śaktis.