Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
स च दुंदुभिनिर्ह्राद दैत्येंद्रो बलदर्पितः । व्याघ्र रूपं समास्थाय तमादातुं मतिं दधे
sa ca duṃdubhinirhrāda daityeṃdro baladarpitaḥ | vyāghra rūpaṃ samāsthāya tamādātuṃ matiṃ dadhe
स च दुंदुभिनिर्ह्राद दैत्येन्द्रो बलदर्पितः । व्याघ्ररूपं समास्थाय तमादातुं मतिं दधे ॥
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The daitya-lord Duṃdubhi-nirhrāda, radiating arrogance, transforms into a tiger—muscles taut, eyes fierce—poised at the hut’s threshold to seize the meditating devotee.
FAQs
The devotee becomes the focal point of dharma’s protection; adharma, though powerful, is shown as ultimately constrained before devotion.
The verse continues the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting; the emphasis is on Śivarātri devotion within sacred Kāśī’s spiritual atmosphere.
No new prescription; it continues the Śivarātri context introduced in the prior verse.