Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28
स दुर्गो नितरां दुर्गो विबभौ समराजिरे । आयुधानां सहस्राणि बिभ्रत्कालांतकोपमः
sa durgo nitarāṃ durgo vibabhau samarājire | āyudhānāṃ sahasrāṇi bibhratkālāṃtakopamaḥ
रणाच्या तेजस्वी रंगभूमीवर तो अत्यंत दुर्जेय—खरोखर ‘दुर्ग’—असा भासला। सहस्र आयुधे धारण करून तो कालांतकाच्या कोपासारखा दिसला।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame implied)
Scene: A colossal daitya, ‘durga’ in the sense of unassailable, stands radiant in battle-array, thousands of weapons fanning out like a lethal halo; his face carries pralaya-like fury.
FAQs
Even seemingly invincible opposition is still measured against dharma; ‘formidable’ is not the same as ‘righteous’.
Kāśī’s sanctified narrative field is upheld by showing that even apocalyptic force arises within a divinely governed order.
None.