Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 87
अकांडेपि महाभागान्मिलितान्सप्तनीरधीन् । चित्रं विपद्विनिर्मग्नानुद्दिधीर्षूनिव प्रजाः
akāṃḍepi mahābhāgānmilitānsaptanīradhīn | citraṃ vipadvinirmagnānuddidhīrṣūniva prajāḥ
आश्चर्य म्हणजे कोणताही पूर्व प्रसंग नसतानाही ते महाभाग एकत्र जमले—जणू सात समुद्र एकवटले; संकटात बुडालेल्या प्रजेला उचलून काढू इच्छिणाऱ्यांसारखे ते भासले।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis
Scene: The Saptarṣis appear gathered without prior occasion, likened to seven oceans meeting; their faces show compassionate intent, as if ready to lift drowning beings from disaster.
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Saints appear as protectors in times of distress; their compassion functions like a saving force for those overwhelmed by suffering.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
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