Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28
स दुर्गो नितरां दुर्गो विबभौ समराजिरे । आयुधानां सहस्राणि बिभ्रत्कालांतकोपमः
sa durgo nitarāṃ durgo vibabhau samarājire | āyudhānāṃ sahasrāṇi bibhratkālāṃtakopamaḥ
যুদ্ধের দীপ্ত মঞ্চে সে অতিশয় দুর্জয়—সত্যই ‘দুর্গ’—রূপে প্রকাশ পেল। সহস্র অস্ত্র ধারণ করে সে কালান্তের ক্রোধের মতো ভয়ংকর দেখাল।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame implied)
Scene: A colossal daitya, ‘durga’ in the sense of unassailable, stands radiant in battle-array, thousands of weapons fanning out like a lethal halo; his face carries pralaya-like fury.
FAQs
Even seemingly invincible opposition is still measured against dharma; ‘formidable’ is not the same as ‘righteous’.
Kāśī’s sanctified narrative field is upheld by showing that even apocalyptic force arises within a divinely governed order.
None.