Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
रुद्रश्चातीवरुद्रोभूद्बहुकोपाग्निदीपितः । ततस्तत्कोपजाद्वह्निराविरासीन्महाद्युतिः
rudraścātīvarudrobhūdbahukopāgnidīpitaḥ | tatastatkopajādvahnirāvirāsīnmahādyutiḥ
ਰੁਦ੍ਰ ਅਤਿ ਭਿਆਨਕ ਹੋ ਉਠਿਆ, ਤੀਬਰ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਦੀ ਅੱਗ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਜ੍ਵਲਿਤ। ਉਸ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ-ਜਨਿਤ ਜ੍ਵਾਲਾ ਤੋਂ ਮਹਾਨ ਤੇਜ ਵਾਲੀ ਦਿਵ੍ਯ ਜੋਤਿ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਹੋਈ।
Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa norm: Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Śiva’s kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sage/audience in the frame
Scene: Rudra’s visage turns terrifying; a blaze born of wrath erupts, and from it a great radiance manifests—suggesting the birth of a formidable being or weaponized tejas.
FAQs
Cosmic order responds to sacrilege; Rudra’s wrath is portrayed as a force that restores dharma when it is violated.
Indirectly Kāśī through Mahākāla/Rudra’s supremacy; the verse is primarily narrative rather than topographical.
None; it warns against ritual arrogance that provokes adharma and divine correction.