Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10
कुंजरा इव सिंहेभ्यो गरुडेभ्य इवोरगाः । अस्मत्तो बिभ्यति सुरा गुरो युष्मदनुग्रहात्
kuṃjarā iva siṃhebhyo garuḍebhya ivoragāḥ | asmatto bibhyati surā guro yuṣmadanugrahāt
Wie Elefanten die Löwen fürchten und Schlangen Garuḍa, so fürchten auch die Götter uns, o Guru, durch deine Gunst.
Andhaka (deduced: continuation of speech to Śukra)
Scene: A symbolic tableau: elephants shrinking before lions; serpents recoiling from Garuḍa overhead; Andhaka points as if proving his claim while devas appear wary—visualizing the similes as layered vignettes around the main scene.
FAQs
Grace of a teacher can empower, but dharma requires that power be guided by humility and right intent.
The passage is embedded in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, oriented to Kāśī’s sacred narrative landscape.
None; it is a boast attributing strength to the guru’s favor.