Cessna 182 pilot reported a severe crosswind gust upon landing with resulted in a loss of control and runway excursion across the runway lights onto a parallel taxiway at a non-towered airport. The aircraft taxied to a maintenance ramp where damage to the propeller was observed and a further evaluation by maintenance.

Narrative

I was on a stable final approach to Runway XX at ZZZ in a slight crosswind when; immediately upon touching down I experienced a severe left to right crosswind gust which rapidly pushed the aircraft off centerline toward the right edge of the runway. I made aggressive left rudder and aileron input in order to avoid striking the runway edge lights. In a split-section decision; I determined that a go-around would not have been possible without striking the edge lights as I had already touched down; thus a left correction was the preferred option. I then apparently overcorrected with right rudder and may have unintentionally applied right brake resulting in a prop strike on the ground. At that moment; I was fairly sure that I had experienced a prop strike. As soon as I had the aircraft fully under control; I exited the runway across the grass strip to the parallel taxiway while I still had forward momentum. I was unsure of the extent of damage and did not want to risk being stranded on the runway with other aircraft in the pattern. I continued off the taxiway to the maintenance facility ramp where I shutdown the aircraft. Upon exiting the aircraft; I observed that I had indeed experienced a prop strike which had bent both ends of the propeller inward. There were no injuries and no obvious signs of additional damage. I then obtained assistance to push the aircraft to a tie-down spot for overnight storage and further evaluation by Maintenance.