Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74
त्वत्पाणिपद्मे कमला त्वत्क्रोधेस्ति हलाहलः । अमृतं तव वागेव त्वद्भुजावश्विनीसुतौ
tvatpāṇipadme kamalā tvatkrodhesti halāhalaḥ | amṛtaṃ tava vāgeva tvadbhujāvaśvinīsutau
في لوتس كفّك تقيم كمالا (لاكشمي)؛ وفي غضبك سمّ هالاهالا. وكلامك وحده أمْرِتا، وذراعـاك كابني أشڤين، الطبيبين الإلهيين.
Skanda (contextual)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic portrait: the deity’s hand-lotus bears Lakṣmī; a dark-blue/black aura of halāhala rises at the brow in wrath; from the mouth flows a stream of nectar-like syllables; the arms radiate healing light like the Aśvinī twins’ medicine.
FAQs
Power becomes auspicious when guided by dharma: wealth in the hand, controlled wrath as deterrence, and speech that heals like nectar.
No tīrtha is directly named; the verse continues the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s celebratory praise style.
None.