Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30
प्रोह्यते भक्ष्यते वापि पिशाचासुरवायसैः । भूतैः प्रेतैः श्वभिर्गृध्रैर्गोमायुखरसूकरैः
prohyate bhakṣyate vāpi piśācāsuravāyasaiḥ | bhūtaiḥ pretaiḥ śvabhirgṛdhrairgomāyukharasūkaraiḥ
पिशाच, असुर, कावळे, भूत-प्रेत, कुत्रे, गिधाडे, कोल्हे, गाढवे व डुकरे इत्यादींनी कोणाला ओढून नेताना किंवा खाताना दिसले—तर ते अत्यंत घोर अपशकुन होय।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A nightmarish tableau: a lone figure being dragged and torn by piśācas and bhūtas amid circling crows and vultures; dogs and jackals snarl at the edges; the palette is ash-grey and blood-red, evoking a cremation-ground atmosphere.
FAQs
Fearful visions underscore impermanence and the need to seek refuge in dharma and the Divine.
The teaching occurs under the Kāśī-khaṇḍa umbrella, where Kāśī’s sacred context frames life, death, and liberation.
None explicitly; the verse catalogs terrifying entities as omen-symbols.