Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83
तेन चक्रेण शुशुभे नितरां स गणेश्वरः । वीरलक्ष्म्यावृत इव समरे विजयस्रजा
tena cakreṇa śuśubhe nitarāṃ sa gaṇeśvaraḥ | vīralakṣmyāvṛta iva samare vijayasrajā
সেই চক্ৰেৰে গণেশ্বৰ, গণসমূহৰ অধিপতি, অতিশয় শোভিত হ’ল—যেন সমৰত বীৰলক্ষ্মীৰে আৱৃত, বিজয়মাল্য পিন্ধা।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (typical)
Scene: The lord of the Gaṇas stands resplendent, Sudarśana shining at his neck like a blazing collar; he appears wrapped in vīra-lakṣmī, as if crowned with a victory garland amid the battlefield haze.
FAQs
Divine grace can transform danger into ornament—what comes as a weapon becomes a sign of victory for one upheld by Śiva.
Kāśī, as the narrative setting where Śiva’s gaṇas are celebrated and protected.
None; this verse is laudatory description within the story.