Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 61
अथ नष्टेषु सर्वेषु प्रमथेषु हरेर्भयात् । चुकोप वीरभद्रः स प्रलयानलसंनिभः
atha naṣṭeṣu sarveṣu pramatheṣu harerbhayāt | cukopa vīrabhadraḥ sa pralayānalasaṃnibhaḥ
Als dann alle Pramathas aus Furcht vor Hari vernichtet waren, geriet Vīrabhadra in Zorn, dem Feuer der Weltenauflösung am Ende der Zeiten gleich.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Interlocutors/audience of the māhātmya
Scene: Vīrabhadra stands amid the aftermath, eyes blazing; a halo of red-black flames like pralaya rises behind him, while the ground is strewn with fallen pramathas and broken weapons.
FAQs
Unchecked fear and conflict ignite destructive anger; dharma requires restraint even amid cosmic power.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse focuses on the mythic confrontation.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse narrates Vīrabhadra’s wrath.