Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 27
कदलीदलवद्वाताद्वेपते सरसातलम् । चूर्णीकरोमि दोर्दंडघाताच्चैतान्कुलाचलान्
kadalīdalavadvātādvepate sarasātalam | cūrṇīkaromi dordaṃḍaghātāccaitānkulācalān
കാറ്റിൽ വിറയുന്ന വാഴയിലപോലെ രസാതലംവരെ ഈ ഭൂമി കുലുങ്ങുന്നു. എന്റെ ഭുജദണ്ഡപ്രഹാരങ്ങളാൽ ഈ കുലാചലങ്ങളെ ഞാൻ ചൂർണ്ണമാക്കുന്നു.
Same speaker (martial hyperbole under divine empowerment)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The earth shakes like a banana leaf in wind; the tremor reaches Rasātala. The hero swings an arm-staff, smashing the boundary mountains into dust; cosmic layers shown in cross-section beneath the battlefield.
FAQs
Purāṇic poetry uses cosmic-scale imagery to magnify the Lord’s bestowed power and the insignificance of obstacles before dharma.
No specific Kāśī tirtha is named in this verse.
None.