Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5
ऊरुवेगेन तरवः पतंति शिखरैः सह । यस्य दोर्दंडघातेन चूर्णाः स्युश्च शिलोच्चयाः
ūruvegena taravaḥ pataṃti śikharaiḥ saha | yasya dordaṃḍaghātena cūrṇāḥ syuśca śiloccayāḥ
Sous l’élan de ses cuisses, les arbres tombent avec leurs cimes ; et sous les coups de ses bras, tels des massues, même les montagnes de pierre seraient réduites en poussière.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata
Scene: A colossal asura’s thigh-rush fells trees; his arm-blows pulverize rocky outcrops; splintered trunks and stone dust fill the air; pramathas recoil.
FAQs
Physical power alone is not greatness; when divorced from dharma it becomes destructive and self-dooming.
The Kāśī setting is implicit via the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, but the verse does not name a particular tīrtha.
None.