Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54
उत्पाद्य कन्यामेकां तु ब्रह्महत्येति विश्रुताम् । रक्तांबरधरां रक्तां रक्तस्रग्गंधलेपनाम्
utpādya kanyāmekāṃ tu brahmahatyeti viśrutām | raktāṃbaradharāṃ raktāṃ raktasraggaṃdhalepanām
അപ്പോൾ അദ്ദേഹം ‘ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യ’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധയായ ഒരേയൊരു കന്യയെ സൃഷ്ടിച്ചു—ചുവന്ന വസ്ത്രധാരിണി, സ്വയം രക്തവർണ്ണയായവൾ, ചുവന്ന മാലകൾ, സുഗന്ധവും ലേപനവും ധരിച്ച് അലങ്കൃതയായവൾ.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva manifests a single maiden named Brahmahatyā—entirely red: red garments, red complexion, red garlands, red perfumes and unguents—an arresting embodiment of guilt and consequence, poised to pursue the skull-bearer.
FAQs
Sin is depicted as an active, binding force (personified), emphasizing the necessity of prāyaścitta and disciplined vows to dissolve karmic consequences.
The verse sits within the Kāśīkhanda’s Bhairava cycle; Kāśī’s dharmic-theological landscape frames the narrative, though no single tirtha is named here.
Not directly in this verse; it sets up the prāyaścitta theme already stated as the Kāpāla-vrata.