Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89
दुरोदरघ्नी दावार्चिर्द्रवद्रव्यैकशेवधिः । दीनसंतापशमनी दात्री दवथुवैरिणी
durodaraghnī dāvārcirdravadravyaikaśevadhiḥ | dīnasaṃtāpaśamanī dātrī davathuvairiṇī
ती दुर्दैव व विनाशाचा नाश करणारी; अधर्माविरुद्ध दावाग्नीप्रमाणे प्रज्वलित. ती प्रवाही संपत्तीची एकमेव निधी; दीनांचा संताप शमविणारी, दात्री, आणि दाह-ज्वर व वेदनेची वैरिणी आहे।
Skanda (deduced for Kāśī-khaṇḍa context, commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī
Type: ghat
Listener: Purāṇa audience
Scene: Gaṅgā as fierce protective flame against evil yet tenderly blessing the poor; on the ghāṭa, devotees distribute food and coins; a fevered sufferer is soothed by sacred water.
FAQs
Divine grace is portrayed as both protective and restorative—removing misfortune, easing poverty, and dispelling affliction.
The verse belongs to the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s praise-context, linking the Goddess’s beneficence to Kāśī’s sacred field.
No explicit ritual is stated; the theme supports dāna (giving) and compassionate support of the distressed.