Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3
महिषासुरपुत्रोसौ समायाति गजासुरः । प्रमथन्प्रमथान्सर्वान्निजवीर्य मदोद्धतः
mahiṣāsuraputrosau samāyāti gajāsuraḥ | pramathanpramathānsarvānnijavīrya madoddhataḥ
महिषासुराचा पुत्र तो गजासुर पुढे येत आहे। स्वतःच्या पराक्रमाच्या मदाने उन्मत्त होऊन तो सर्व प्रमथांना चिरडून उधळून लावीत आहे।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata (addressed)
Scene: Gajāsura—elephantine, towering, crowned—charges forward, trampling and scattering Śiva’s pramathas; dust, broken weapons, fleeing gaṇas, and a distant hint of Kāśī’s sacred skyline.
FAQs
Pride born of strength (vīrya-mada) drives adharma and inevitably brings confrontation with Śiva’s order.
The broader setting is Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse focuses on the demon’s approach rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
None in this verse; it is narrative description of the approaching threat.