Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74
कयाचिज्जलदेव्याथ तस्माच्चक्रूरयादसः । प्रसह्य नीत्वोदधये दृष्टवांस्तं समर्पितम्
kayācijjaladevyātha tasmāccakrūrayādasaḥ | prasahya nītvodadhaye dṛṣṭavāṃstaṃ samarpitam
Und er sah, dass das Kind, von jenem grausamen Wasserwesen mit Gewalt fortgetragen, von einer Wassergöttin dem Ozean übergeben worden war.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (implied); Gaṅgā’s cosmic course to Sāgara (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A child is dragged by a fierce aquatic creature; a water-goddess escorts the captive toward the vast ocean, whose waves loom like a cosmic court.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives show unseen divine agencies operating within nature, making moral order and divine governance felt in the world.
The sacred-water setting continues within Kāśīkhaṇḍa; no named tirtha is cited in this line.
None.