Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
अहो दैत्य महाबाहो मल्लयुद्धं ददस्व मे । त्वद्बाहुयुगलं दृष्ट्वा न युद्धे वांछितं मम
aho daitya mahābāho mallayuddhaṃ dadasva me | tvadbāhuyugalaṃ dṛṣṭvā na yuddhe vāṃchitaṃ mama
“واہ! اے دَیتیہ، اے عظیم بازو والے! مجھے مَلّ یُدھ عطا کر۔ تیرے دونوں بازو دیکھ کر مجھے جنگ کی کوئی اور صورت مطلوب نہیں۔”
Nārāyaṇa (Garuḍa-vāhana, implied from prior verse)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Nārāyaṇa addresses the daitya face-to-face, inviting a wrestler’s duel; the daitya’s massive arms are emphasized; the moment is charged with heroic confidence and controlled challenge amid a sacred landscape.
FAQs
Courage and directness in confronting adharma are celebrated; the dharmic champion chooses a decisive, face-to-face contest.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as the sanctified setting for the Lord’s challenge and victory narrative.
None; it is a martial declaration (yuddha-vākya), not a ritual instruction.