Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49
हुंडौ च मुंड युद्धाय न सज्जेते जयैषिणौ । एणशावं सृगालोपि मृदुस्पृशति पाणिना
huṃḍau ca muṃḍa yuddhāya na sajjete jayaiṣiṇau | eṇaśāvaṃ sṛgālopi mṛduspṛśati pāṇinā
જય ઇચ્છનાર હુન્ડ અને મુન્ડ પણ યુદ્ધ માટે તૈયાર થતા નથી. અને શિયાળ પણ એણ-મૃગના બચ્ચાને પોતાના પંજાથી નરમાઈથી સ્પર્શ કરે છે.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two would-be warriors, Huṇḍa and Muṇḍa, stand with weapons yet do not ready themselves; nearby, a jackal gently places its paw on a fawn, an image of improbable tenderness under Kāśī’s calm aura.
FAQs
In a dharmic sphere, even the violent become gentle; ahiṃsā is portrayed as a transformative power.
Kāśī is the implied sacred backdrop of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; the verse emphasizes its peace-producing dharmic influence.
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