Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 96
शृंगश्चत्वारि यस्यासन्हस्तासः सप्त एव च । द्वे शीर्षे च त्रयः पादाः स देवो विधिनैक्षत
śṛṃgaścatvāri yasyāsanhastāsaḥ sapta eva ca | dve śīrṣe ca trayaḥ pādāḥ sa devo vidhinaikṣata
Er, dessen Gestalt vier Hörner, sieben Hände, zwei Häupter und drei Füße hatte—diese Gottheit wurde von Brahmā (Vidhi) geschaut.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages in the Purāṇic frame
Scene: Brahmā beholds a radiant, abstracted deity-form: four horn-like rays, seven arm-like streams of light, two luminous faces, and three pillar-like feet, hovering as a mandala of numbers.
FAQs
The liberating principle is expressed through a symbolic, multi-limbed form to indicate its many powers and levels of meaning.
Kāśī’s revelatory tradition in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, emphasizing direct vision of the saving principle.
None explicit; the verse presents a contemplative iconography for meditation.