Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79
विश्वानरः सपत्नीकस्तच्छ्रुत्वा नारदेरितम् । तदैव मन्यमानोभूद्वज्रपातं सुदारुणम्
viśvānaraḥ sapatnīkastacchrutvā nāraderitam | tadaiva manyamānobhūdvajrapātaṃ sudāruṇam
നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട്, ഭാര്യയോടുകൂടിയ വിശ്വാനരൻ ഉടൻതന്നെ അതിനെ അതിഭീകരമായ വജ്രപാതംപോലെ മനസ്സിൽ കരുതി।
Narrator (Skanda-to-Agastya context, deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (traditional)
Scene: Inside a modest dwelling in Kāśī, Viśvānara and his wife freeze as Nārada’s message lands like a thunderbolt; the air feels split, lamps tremble, faces blanch in sudden dread.
FAQs
When danger is foretold, the mind naturally trembles; the teaching prepares one for steadiness and dharmic response.
The overarching setting is Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; this verse is narrative and does not name a specific tīrtha.
None.