Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92
वेणीदंडाश्च कासांचित्तेनच्छिन्ना महारुषा । कासांचिच्च कराश्छिन्ना कासांचित्कर्तितास्तनाः
veṇīdaṃḍāśca kāsāṃcittenacchinnā mahāruṣā | kāsāṃcicca karāśchinnā kāsāṃcitkartitāstanāḥ
ដោយសេចក្តីក្រោធយ៉ាងខ្លាំង គាត់បានកាត់សក់ក្រងរបស់ស្ត្រីមួយចំនួន ដៃរបស់ស្ត្រីខ្លះត្រូវបានកាត់ផ្តាច់ ហើយស្ត្រីខ្លះទៀតត្រូវបានកាត់សុដន់។
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Kāśī (didactic frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis / internal audience
Scene: Women of the assembly in disarray; severed braid-ornaments and scattered hairpins; hands raised in defense; the furious gaṇa moving through the crowd; ritual vessels overturned.
FAQs
When dharma is weaponized for pride, the same public ‘festival’ becomes a stage for disgrace—warning against hypocrisy in religious acts.
Kāśī’s Śaiva worldview is reinforced: Śiva is not subordinate to ritual, and irreverence toward him is condemned.
None explicitly.