Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22
एतया विद्यया सोहं प्रमयैर्मथितान्रणे । उत्थापयिष्ये ग्लानानि धान्यन्यंबुधरो यथा
etayā vidyayā sohaṃ pramayairmathitānraṇe | utthāpayiṣye glānāni dhānyanyaṃbudharo yathā
ഈ വിദ്യാബലത്തോടെ യുദ്ധത്തിൽ പ്രമഥന്മാർ ചതച്ചുകീറിച്ച ക്ഷീണിതരെ ഞാൻ ഉയർത്തും—മഴമേഘം വിളകളെ പുതുജീവൻ നൽകുന്നതുപോലെ।
Bhārgava (Śukrācārya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dānava-pati
Scene: Śukra declares he will revive those crushed by Pramathas in battle; the scene shifts from carnage to renewal, with a rain-cloud metaphor overlaying the battlefield.
FAQs
Knowledge is depicted as restorative and life-giving when applied skillfully—like rain that renews the world.
No specific tīrtha is named; the broader Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework is Kāśī-māhātmya.
None; it describes the intended application of a reviving vidyā.