Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60
उदायुधैर्महाभीमैःकृतत्रिजगतीभयैः । समेतः स महादैत्यो दुर्गः क्रुद्धो विनिर्ययौ
udāyudhairmahābhīmaiḥkṛtatrijagatībhayaiḥ | sametaḥ sa mahādaityo durgaḥ kruddho viniryayau
उचललेल्या अत्यंत भीषण, त्रिजगताला भयभीत करणाऱ्या शस्त्रांनी सज्ज असा तो महादैत्य दुर्ग, सैन्यासह, क्रोधाने बाहेर निघाला।
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda narrating to Agastya)
Scene: Durga-daitya, eyes blazing, emerges with a terrifying arsenal—maces, spears, bows—radiating dread; the sky darkens, beings recoil, the three worlds seem to shudder.
FAQs
Even when fear spreads across the three worlds, the Purāṇic worldview insists that dharma has a higher refuge—especially within a sanctified kṣetra.
Kāśī is the primary sacred landscape of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse itself is narrative.
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