Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77
तदुत्तरे मुने रुद्रश्तुःशृंगोस्ति भीषणः । त्रिपादस्तु द्विशीर्षा च हस्ताः स्युः सप्त एव हि
taduttare mune rudraśtuḥśṛṃgosti bhīṣaṇaḥ | tripādastu dviśīrṣā ca hastāḥ syuḥ sapta eva hi
အို မုနိ၊ ထို၏ မြောက်ဘက်၌ တုဟ္ရှೃင်္ဂ အမည်ရှိသော ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ် ရုဒ္ရ တစ်ပါး ရှိ၏။ သူ၌ ခြေသုံးချောင်း၊ ခေါင်းနှစ်လုံးနှင့် အမှန်တကယ် လက်ခုနစ်ဖက် ရှိသည်။
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni (sage)
Scene: A fearsome Rudra named Tuḥśṛṅga stands to the north—three-footed, two-headed, seven-handed—radiating protective terror; the space feels like a charged threshold in Kāśī’s labyrinthine lanes.
FAQs
Kāśī is protected and sanctified by extraordinary Rudra-forms; their very presence marks the city as a charged sacred geography.
A northern spot within the Kāśī sacred circuit where the Rudra named Tuḥśṛṅga is situated.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse primarily maps the sacred presence of a Rudra-form by direction.