Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 27
त्रिशूलघातविभ्रांतः पतित्वा पुनरुत्थितः । तं त्यक्त्वा माहिषं वेषमभूद्बाहुसहस्रभृत्
triśūlaghātavibhrāṃtaḥ patitvā punarutthitaḥ | taṃ tyaktvā māhiṣaṃ veṣamabhūdbāhusahasrabhṛt
Stunned by the blow of the trident, he fell and then rose again; casting off the guise of a buffalo, he became one who bore a thousand arms.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/Śaunaka-group (typical frame; not explicit here)
Scene: A daitya struck by a trident reels, falls, rises; the buffalo-disguise dissolves, revealing a towering thousand-armed figure bristling with weapons, set against the aura of Kāśī’s sacred skyline.
FAQs
Adharma may change appearances and multiply force, yet it remains vulnerable before divine truth and power.
Kāśī remains the implied sacred arena, illustrating that even formidable forces cannot overrun its divinely upheld order.
None.