Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78
अवधेहि महाराज किमेतत्कर्मदुष्करम् । अनाथायास्तथैकस्या अबलया विशेषतः
avadhehi mahārāja kimetatkarmaduṣkaram | anāthāyāstathaikasyā abalayā viśeṣataḥ
ഹേ മഹാരാജാ, ആലോചിക്കൂ—ഈ കര്മ്മം ദുഷ്കരം എങ്ങനെയാകും? പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് അവള് അനാഥയായി, ഒറ്റയ്ക്കും ദുര്ബലസ്ത്രീയായിരിക്കുമ്പോള്.
Daityas (replying to their lord; deduced from preceding verse)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A boastful minister/warrior addresses a great asura-king, dismissing the difficulty of seizing a lone, unprotected woman; the court atmosphere is tense, with looming threat rather than devotion.
FAQs
Arrogance arises from misjudging divine power by worldly categories; Purāṇas warn against underestimating the protected or the sacred.
No direct tīrtha mention; the scene remains within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s narrative context.
None.