Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70
सावज्ञमथसर्वज्ञं यावत्पश्यति दानवः । तावदायांतमादाय कक्षायंत्रे न्यपीडयत्
sāvajñamathasarvajñaṃ yāvatpaśyati dānavaḥ | tāvadāyāṃtamādāya kakṣāyaṃtre nyapīḍayat
Entonces el demonio, mirando con desdén al Señor Omnisciente, lo agarró cuando se acercaba y lo oprimió en un abrazo constrictor, como un torno que aprieta la cintura.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kāśī-māhātmya audience
Scene: The demon, scorning the omniscient Lord, grabs Śiva as He approaches and crushes Him in a powerful waist-binding vice, displaying audacious hostility.
FAQs
Disrespect toward the divine leads to reckless aggression; such pride becomes the cause of the aggressor’s ruin.
Kāśī’s sacred sphere, where even violent threats are ultimately subdued by Śiva’s authority.
None; the verse narrates the demon’s hostile act as part of the mahātmya storyline.