Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29
अथ तूर्णं स दैत्येंद्रस्तां देवीं रणकोविदाम् । महाबलः प्रगृह्याशु नीतवानान्गगनांगणम्
atha tūrṇaṃ sa daityeṃdrastāṃ devīṃ raṇakovidām | mahābalaḥ pragṛhyāśu nītavānāngaganāṃgaṇam
Then the mighty lord of the daityas swiftly seized that Goddess, skilled in battle, and quickly carried her into the open expanse of the sky.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame implied)
Scene: The daitya-king, massive and many-armed, seizes the poised, radiant Devī and lifts her swiftly into the open sky; below, the sacred city recedes, ghats and spires miniature under the vast firmament.
FAQs
Adharma resorts to force and abduction, yet such tactics cannot overturn the divine mandate protecting sacred order.
Kāśī is the underlying sacred context; the narrative magnifies its māhātmya through divine victory motifs.
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