Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80
संचिकीर्षति दुष्टात्मा गतायुर्मम शापतः । मा तद्भीतिं कुरु युवंस्तत्कार्यं भविताचिरम्
saṃcikīrṣati duṣṭātmā gatāyurmama śāpataḥ | mā tadbhītiṃ kuru yuvaṃstatkāryaṃ bhavitāciram
ആ ദുഷ്ടാത്മാവ് എന്തോ അനർത്ഥം ചെയ്യാൻ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്നു; എന്നാൽ എന്റെ ശാപം മൂലം അവന്റെ ആയുസ്സ് ക്ഷയിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു. അതിനാൽ ഭയപ്പെടേണ്ട; അവന്റെ അവസാനം ഉടൻ വരും।
Vidyādharī
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: The addressed youth/ally
Scene: A confident protector declares that the wicked one’s lifespan is exhausted by a curse; the listener is told not to fear, as the foe’s end is near—tension resolves into steady courage.
FAQs
Adharma may threaten, but it is ultimately bounded; fearlessness is grounded in trust that unrighteousness is transient.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; the verse itself does not name a particular tirtha.
None; the verse offers reassurance based on a śāpa (curse) determining the villain’s fate.