Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28
अंतरिक्षचराभ्यां च दितिजाभ्यां मनोहरा । कटाक्षिताभ्यामिव वै समुपस्थितमृत्युना
aṃtarikṣacarābhyāṃ ca ditijābhyāṃ manoharā | kaṭākṣitābhyāmiva vai samupasthitamṛtyunā
आकाशात संचार करणारे दितीपुत्र दोन मोहक दैत्य जवळ आले; पण देवीच्या कटाक्षानेच जणू साक्षात मृत्यूच समोर उभा राहिला।
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two handsome yet ominous daityas glide in the mid-sky toward the playing Goddess; her sidelong glance alone makes their arrival feel like Death personified confronting them.
FAQs
Adharma cannot endure before the Goddess: even her mere glance signifies the inevitable defeat of evil and the protection of the sacred order.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework glorifies Kāśī as a realm where divine guardianship is immediate and unmistakable.
No ritual is prescribed here; the verse advances the narrative of Devī’s protective might.