Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 17
योषिन्मनोरथवती षंढं प्राप्य यथाऽफला । सा दैत्यकरकावृष्टिर्देवीं प्राप्य तथाभवत्
yoṣinmanorathavatī ṣaṃḍhaṃ prāpya yathā'phalā | sā daityakarakāvṛṣṭirdevīṃ prāpya tathābhavat
Wie eine Frau voller Sehnsucht fruchtlos wird, wenn sie einen kraftlosen Mann erlangt, so wurde auch jener Hagel des Daitya, als er die Göttin erreichte, völlig vergeblich.
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis / kathā-audience
Scene: The storm-weapon approaches Devī and collapses into harmlessness; onlookers sense the asura’s plan turning sterile, like a spent arrow falling short.
FAQs
Hostile forces lose potency in the presence of the Divine; proximity to true power renders aggression ineffective.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting is the overarching sanctifying frame; the verse itself uses a poetic simile to stress Devī’s invincibility.
None; it is a rhetorical illustration emphasizing the failure of the Daitya’s assault.