Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
चाक्षुषस्यांतरे देवि यदा दैत्या बलोत्कटाः । हन्यमाना विष्णुनाऽथ दक्षिणां दिशमाविशन्
cākṣuṣasyāṃtare devi yadā daityā balotkaṭāḥ | hanyamānā viṣṇunā'tha dakṣiṇāṃ diśamāviśan
اے دیوی! چاکشُش منونتر میں، جب زور آور اور سخت گیر دانَو وشنو کے ہاتھوں مارے جا رہے تھے، تب وہ بھاگ کر جنوبی سمت میں جا گھسے۔
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (narrative locus)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A battlefield tableau in mythic time: Viṣṇu striking down Dānavas; the asuras retreating in panic toward the south; the Goddess addressed as ‘Devi’ in the narration, foreshadowing her arrival.
FAQs
Divine protection prevails: even the mightiest forces cannot withstand dharma upheld by the Lord.
The narrative belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, setting the mythic background for its deity/tīrtha praises.
None in this verse; it introduces the historical-mythic context for later worship instructions.