Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54
उत्पाद्य कन्यामेकां तु ब्रह्महत्येति विश्रुताम् । रक्तांबरधरां रक्तां रक्तस्रग्गंधलेपनाम्
utpādya kanyāmekāṃ tu brahmahatyeti viśrutām | raktāṃbaradharāṃ raktāṃ raktasraggaṃdhalepanām
ထို့နောက် ‘ဗြဟ္မဟတ္ယာ’ ဟူ၍ နာမည်ကျော်သော မိန်းကလေးတစ်ဦးကို ဖန်ဆင်းပေါ်ထွန်းစေတော်မူ၏။ အနီရောင်ဝတ်စုံဝတ်၍ ကိုယ်တိုင်လည်း အနီရောင်ဖြစ်ကာ အနီပန်းကုံး၊ အနံ့သာနှင့် လိမ်းဆေးတို့ဖြင့် တန်ဆာဆင်ထား၏။
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva manifests a single maiden named Brahmahatyā—entirely red: red garments, red complexion, red garlands, red perfumes and unguents—an arresting embodiment of guilt and consequence, poised to pursue the skull-bearer.
FAQs
Sin is depicted as an active, binding force (personified), emphasizing the necessity of prāyaścitta and disciplined vows to dissolve karmic consequences.
The verse sits within the Kāśīkhanda’s Bhairava cycle; Kāśī’s dharmic-theological landscape frames the narrative, though no single tirtha is named here.
Not directly in this verse; it sets up the prāyaścitta theme already stated as the Kāpāla-vrata.