Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 96
न बलं प्रभवेदत्र न किंचिदपि पौरुषम् । अहो प्रयत्नो देवानामेतत्पीयूषरक्षणे
na balaṃ prabhavedatra na kiṃcidapi pauruṣam | aho prayatno devānāmetatpīyūṣarakṣaṇe
«Ici, la force brute ne sert à rien, pas plus que la vaillance simplement humaine. Vraiment, prodigieux est l’effort des dieux pour garder ce pīyūṣa, ce nectar !»
Garuḍa (within Skanda’s narration)
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame assumed)
Scene: Garuḍa acknowledges that neither strength nor valor works; the scene widens to suggest unseen devas maintaining a vigilant protective field around the nectar.
FAQs
Humility: some protections are upheld by divine order, beyond ordinary strength; success comes through alignment with dharma and grace.
Indirectly within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s sacred storytelling; no single Kāśī tīrtha is named in this verse.
None explicitly.