Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
श्रीवत्सलांछनहरेच्युतकैटभारे गोविंदतार्क्ष्य रथकेशवचक्रपाणे । लक्ष्मीपते दनुजसूदन शार्ङ्गपाणे त्वद्भक्तिभाजि न भयंक्वचिदस्ति पुंसि
śrīvatsalāṃchanaharecyutakaiṭabhāre goviṃdatārkṣya rathakeśavacakrapāṇe | lakṣmīpate danujasūdana śārṅgapāṇe tvadbhaktibhāji na bhayaṃkvacidasti puṃsi
O Hari, gezeichnet vom Śrīvatsa; o Acyuta, der die Last im Kampf gegen Kaiṭabha trug; o Govinda, o Keśava, dessen Wagen Garuḍa ist, o Träger des Diskus; o Herr der Lakṣmī, Bezwinger der Dānavas, der den Śārṅga-Bogen führt — dem Menschen, der an Deiner Hingabe teilhat, ist nirgends Furcht.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Hari stands radiant with Śrīvatsa on chest, holding cakra and śārṅga; Garuḍa as his ratha; behind him subdued daitya forms (Kaiṭabha/others) symbolizing conquered fear; a devotee at Kāśī feels protected amid the city’s bustle.
FAQs
Bhakti (devotion) to the Lord grants abhaya—freedom from fear—because the devotee is sheltered by divine protection.
The Kāśī Khaṇḍa context frames the hymn; the verse itself is a stuti, not a site-description.
Cultivating devotion (bhakti) and reciting the Lord’s names/epithets is implied.