Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70
उग्रास्य दीर्घदशनमेवकेश वृकानन । सिंहास्य सूकरमुख शिवाराव महोत्कट
ugrāsya dīrghadaśanamevakeśa vṛkānana | siṃhāsya sūkaramukha śivārāva mahotkaṭa
उग्रास्य दीर्घदशनमेवकेश वृकानन । सिंहास्य सूकरमुख शिवाराव महोत्कट ॥
Daitya-puṅgavaḥ (deduced from continued vocatives)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/pilgrims (contextual)
Scene: A procession of hybrid-faced guardians—wolf-faced, lion-faced, boar-mouthed—surrounds a central figure called Śivārāva, whose roar seems to chant ‘Śiva’; flames from a nearby śmaśāna flicker while devotees keep a respectful distance with lamps and folded hands.
FAQs
The many monstrous ‘faces’ symbolize fragmented, uncontrolled impulses—dharma requires inner integration and restraint.
Not directly; the verse is a martial catalog within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting.
None.