Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59
इति संचिंतयन्देवो योगिनीचक्रमग्रतः । ददर्शातिमहाप्रौढं गाढकार्यस्य साधनम्
iti saṃciṃtayandevo yoginīcakramagrataḥ | dadarśātimahāprauḍhaṃ gāḍhakāryasya sādhanam
ഇങ്ങനെ ചിന്തിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരുന്ന ദേവൻ യോഗിനീചക്രത്തിന്റെ മുമ്പിൽ, ആ ഗാഢകാര്യസിദ്ധിക്കായുള്ള അത്യന്തം പ്രബലമായ ഉപായം ദർശിച്ചു.
Narrator (Skanda narrating to Agastya—Kāśī Khaṇḍa default framing)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Yoginī-cakra precinct, implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied audience within the narrative
Scene: A deity stands or sits before a luminous mandala-like circle of Yoginīs—fierce yet auspicious—each holding symbolic implements; the deity ‘sees’ a formidable method (sādhana) to accomplish a hard mission; night-lit Kāśī ambience.
FAQs
Divine protection operates through deliberate, skillful means—sacred power is also strategic governance of dharma.
Kāśī/Vārāṇasī, as the protected sacred city central to the unfolding plan.
None; the verse transitions the story into divine action through Yoginī agencies.