Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 84
यमद्ययमकर्तासौ दक्षिणं प्रक्रमिष्यति । सकुलीनः स च श्रीमान्समहान्महितः स च
yamadyayamakartāsau dakṣiṇaṃ prakramiṣyati | sakulīnaḥ sa ca śrīmānsamahānmahitaḥ sa ca
He—who today shall become the restrainer of Yama—will set forth toward the South; noble-born is he, prosperous and blessed, great and honoured as well.
Narrative voice (contextual; within Kāśīkhaṇḍa often Skanda’s discourse)
Scene: A venerable, radiant sage—noble and prosperous in spiritual splendor—sets out southward with staff and water-pot; Yama is shown subdued symbolically (a noose loosened, or a humbled figure at the margin), indicating mastery over death through tapas.
FAQs
Greatness is marked by dharmic capacity to protect beings—even against fear of death—paired with humility and worthy conduct.
No tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse; it signals a southward movement often associated with sacred geography episodes.
None.