Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
ततो विलज्जितोगस्त्य शापोद्यतकरो मुनिः । अपराद्धं बहु मया क्रोधांधेनेति दुर्धिया
tato vilajjitogastya śāpodyatakaro muniḥ | aparāddhaṃ bahu mayā krodhāṃdheneti durdhiyā
তেতিয়া সেই মুনি—শাপ দিবলৈ হাত উঠাই—লজ্জিত হ’ল, হে অগস্ত্য, আৰু ক’লে: “ক্ৰোধ-অন্ধতা আৰু দুৰ্বুদ্ধিৰ বশত মই বহুত অপৰাধ কৰিলোঁ।”
Skanda (addressing Agastya; narration)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: A muni with raised hand poised to curse suddenly lowers it, eyes cast down in shame; the aura of Kāśī’s sanctity restrains him. Background hints of ghāṭas and a distant liṅga-shrine.
FAQs
Anger blinds discernment; dharma is restored through humility, confession, and self-restraint.
Kāśī indirectly, as the setting where even a fierce sage must reconsider actions that could harm liberation.
None; the verse emphasizes inner discipline and repentance.