Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28
हरकोपानले नूनं यदि यातः पतंगताम् । पितामहोपि मां त्रातुं तदा शक्ष्यति नस्फुटम्
harakopānale nūnaṃ yadi yātaḥ pataṃgatām | pitāmahopi māṃ trātuṃ tadā śakṣyati nasphuṭam
အကယ်၍ အမှန်တကယ် ဟရ (ရှီဝ) ၏ အမျက်မီးလောင်ရာထဲသို့ ပိုးဖလံကဲ့သို့ ကျသွားရင်၊ ပိတာမဟ ဘြဟ္မာတောင်မှ ငါ့ကို ကယ်တင်ရန် မလွယ်ကူလိမ့်မည်။
Mārtaṇḍa (Sūrya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee/speaker imagines being like a moth rushing into the blazing fire of Śiva’s anger; Śiva’s presence is implied as a terrifying, radiant force; Brahmā appears distant and powerless to intervene.
FAQs
Śiva’s sovereignty is absolute; one should not rely on status or other powers when one has incurred divine displeasure.
The overarching sacred domain is Kāśī, where Śiva’s lordship is especially foregrounded.
None; the verse is a theological metaphor underscoring the peril of offending Śiva.