Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39
रयात्तु मांसकं भुंजन्कश्चिद्विकटदंष्ट्रकः । रोषात्तमभिदुद्राव दृष्ट्वा संतर्जयन्निव
rayāttu māṃsakaṃ bhuṃjankaścidvikaṭadaṃṣṭrakaḥ | roṣāttamabhidudrāva dṛṣṭvā saṃtarjayanniva
Un autre, aux défenses grotesques, dévorait de la chair à la hâte ; puis, dans sa fureur, l’ayant aperçu, il se rua sur lui comme pour le menacer et l’abattre par la peur.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A tusked, grotesque bhūta devours flesh in haste; spotting the child, it charges forward in rage, as if to terrorize him into submission.
FAQs
Anger and violence are portrayed as distractions; the seeker is urged to remain unmoved by tamasic displays.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework glorifies Kāśī broadly; the verse itself is part of an episode of testing.
None.