Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60
उदायुधैर्महाभीमैःकृतत्रिजगतीभयैः । समेतः स महादैत्यो दुर्गः क्रुद्धो विनिर्ययौ
udāyudhairmahābhīmaiḥkṛtatrijagatībhayaiḥ | sametaḥ sa mahādaityo durgaḥ kruddho viniryayau
উত্তোলিত অতিভয়ংকর অস্ত্রে সজ্জিত, যা ত্রিজগতকে ভীত করেছিল—সেই মহাদৈত্য দুর্গ সমগ্র বাহিনীসহ ক্রুদ্ধ হয়ে বাহিরে বেরোল।
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda narrating to Agastya)
Scene: Durga-daitya, eyes blazing, emerges with a terrifying arsenal—maces, spears, bows—radiating dread; the sky darkens, beings recoil, the three worlds seem to shudder.
FAQs
Even when fear spreads across the three worlds, the Purāṇic worldview insists that dharma has a higher refuge—especially within a sanctified kṣetra.
Kāśī is the primary sacred landscape of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse itself is narrative.
None.