Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
किं वा दक्षं समानीय देहि युध्यस्व वा मया । न दास्यसि च चेद्दक्षं ततस्तं रक्ष यत्नतः
kiṃ vā dakṣaṃ samānīya dehi yudhyasva vā mayā | na dāsyasi ca ceddakṣaṃ tatastaṃ rakṣa yatnataḥ
إمّا أن تُحضر دَكْشَا وتُسلّمه إليّ، وإمّا أن تُقاتلني. فإن لم تُعطِ دَكْشَا، فاحرسه إذن بكلّ جهدك.
Vīrabhadra
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim-audience within the Purāṇic frame
Scene: Vīrabhadra issues an ultimatum: surrender Dakṣa or fight; the atmosphere is charged, with gaṇas poised and Viṣṇu’s presence steady yet ready.
FAQs
When dharma is contested, accountability is demanded; protection of wrongdoing invites direct confrontation.
The narrative belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered teaching, but no distinct tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; it is a challenge within the yajña-related narrative.