Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14
बलानि बलिनां ताभिर्दानवानां स्वलीलया । संक्षिप्ता निजगंतीव प्रलयानलहेतेभिः
balāni balināṃ tābhirdānavānāṃ svalīlayā | saṃkṣiptā nijagaṃtīva pralayānalahetebhiḥ
By them, with effortless play, the forces of those mighty Dānavas were crushed and gathered in—just as though by the very causes of the fire of cosmic dissolution.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The daitya armies compress and collapse as if drawn into a vortex of fire; the śaktis stand calm, almost playful (līlā), while a pralaya-like blaze forms a backdrop—suggesting cosmic inevitability rather than mere battle.
FAQs
Adharmic power collapses instantly before divine līlā; cosmic justice operates with effortless certainty.
Implicitly Kāśī through the Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame; the verse itself is a battle-image rather than a site-description.
No ritual is stated; the focus is on the Goddess’ overwhelming, dissolution-like power.