Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32
त्वद्दुष्टदृष्टिविशिखैर्निहतान्निहन्मि दैत्यान्पुरांधकजलंधरमुख्यकांश्च । कस्यास्ति शक्तिरिह यस्त्वदृतेपि तुच्छं वांछेद्विधातु मिह सिद्धिदकार्यजातम्
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أقهرُ الدانافا—أولئك العظماء مثل أندهاكا وجالندهارا—وقد صُرِعوا من قبلُ بسهام نظرتك الشديدة. فمن ذا في هذا العالم يملك القدرة، من دونك، أن ينجز حتى عملاً تافهًا، فكيف بكثرة الأعمال التي تمنح الظفر والتمام؟
Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa speaker-pattern: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (protective sphere of Viśveśvara)
Type: kshetra
Listener: The Lord addressed (Śiva/Viśveśvara context)
Scene: A cosmic battlefield tableau: Andhaka and Jalandhara among fallen daityas, struck not by weapons but by a fierce, radiant ‘glance’ emanating from the Lord; the speaker stands as an instrument, acknowledging dependence on that power.
FAQs
All worldly and spiritual accomplishment (siddhi) ultimately depends on the Lord’s grace; without Him, even minor actions lack power to be fulfilled.
The verse sits within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-māhātmya framework, implicitly glorifying Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as the supreme Śaiva sacred geography where Śiva’s sovereignty is celebrated.
No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse; it functions as a theological praise affirming divine agency behind all siddhi.