Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54
उत्पाद्य कन्यामेकां तु ब्रह्महत्येति विश्रुताम् । रक्तांबरधरां रक्तां रक्तस्रग्गंधलेपनाम्
utpādya kanyāmekāṃ tu brahmahatyeti viśrutām | raktāṃbaradharāṃ raktāṃ raktasraggaṃdhalepanām
Il fit naître une unique jeune fille, renommée sous le nom de « Brahmahatyā » ; vêtue de rouge, elle-même rouge de teint, parée de guirlandes rouges, de parfums et d’onguents.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva manifests a single maiden named Brahmahatyā—entirely red: red garments, red complexion, red garlands, red perfumes and unguents—an arresting embodiment of guilt and consequence, poised to pursue the skull-bearer.
FAQs
Sin is depicted as an active, binding force (personified), emphasizing the necessity of prāyaścitta and disciplined vows to dissolve karmic consequences.
The verse sits within the Kāśīkhanda’s Bhairava cycle; Kāśī’s dharmic-theological landscape frames the narrative, though no single tirtha is named here.
Not directly in this verse; it sets up the prāyaścitta theme already stated as the Kāpāla-vrata.