Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83
आगत्य दानवो रौद्रः प्रलयांबुदनिस्वनः । विद्याधरीं जगादेति मदाघूर्णितलोचनः
āgatya dānavo raudraḥ pralayāṃbudanisvanaḥ | vidyādharīṃ jagādeti madāghūrṇitalocanaḥ
Venu, le dānava furieux tonnait comme les nuées du cataclysme; puis il s’adressa à la Vidyādharī, les yeux roulant d’ivresse.
Narrator (Skanda-to-Agastya frame implied for Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The dānava, eyes rolling with intoxication, leans toward the Vidyādharī and speaks; behind him, stylized pralaya-clouds and thunder motifs amplify his roar.
FAQs
Pride and intoxication are portrayed as marks of adharma, preceding harm and coercion.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework places the episode in Kāśī’s sacred sphere, though no tirtha is named in this verse.
None; it is descriptive narration of the antagonist’s demeanor.