Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28
अंतरिक्षचराभ्यां च दितिजाभ्यां मनोहरा । कटाक्षिताभ्यामिव वै समुपस्थितमृत्युना
aṃtarikṣacarābhyāṃ ca ditijābhyāṃ manoharā | kaṭākṣitābhyāmiva vai samupasthitamṛtyunā
تقدّم شيطانان فاتنان من نسلِ دِتي، يجولان في جوفِ السماء؛ غير أنّ الأمر بدا كأنّ الموتَ نفسه قد حضر، لمجرّد أن أصابتهما لمحةٌ من طرفِ عينها.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two handsome yet ominous daityas glide in the mid-sky toward the playing Goddess; her sidelong glance alone makes their arrival feel like Death personified confronting them.
FAQs
Adharma cannot endure before the Goddess: even her mere glance signifies the inevitable defeat of evil and the protection of the sacred order.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework glorifies Kāśī as a realm where divine guardianship is immediate and unmistakable.
No ritual is prescribed here; the verse advances the narrative of Devī’s protective might.