तुहुंडहुंडादिकजंभजंभविपाकपाकादि महासुरेंद्राः । यमालयादद्य पुनर्निवृत्ता विद्रावयंतः प्रमथाश्चरंति
tuhuṃḍahuṃḍādikajaṃbhajaṃbhavipākapākādi mahāsureṃdrāḥ | yamālayādadya punarnivṛttā vidrāvayaṃtaḥ pramathāścaraṃti
「トゥフンḍa、フンḍa、ジャンバ、ヴィパーカ、パーカらの大アスラ王たちは、今日ヤマの住処から戻り、今やさまよい歩いて、プラマタたちを散り散りにして逃げ惑わせています。」
Nandī (speaking to Śiva within Skanda’s narration)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (typical Naimiṣāraṇya frame)
Scene: A dark battlefield near the luminous aura of Kāśī: towering asura-kings (Tuhuṃḍa, Huṃḍa, Jambha, Vipāka, Pāka) emerge as if from Yama’s realm, while terrified pramathas scatter in disarray under a stormy sky.
When death itself is overcome by adharmic means, only the supreme Lord can restore cosmic balance.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting of the Kāśī-khaṇḍa, though the verse itself is battlefield reportage.
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