Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59
इत्याज्ञा वीरभद्रस्य प्राप्य ते प्रमथा द्रुतम् । यावद्यांत्यग्रतस्तावदृष्टः कुद्धो गदाधरः
ityājñā vīrabhadrasya prāpya te pramathā drutam | yāvadyāṃtyagratastāvadṛṣṭaḥ kuddho gadādharaḥ
इति वीरभद्रस्य आज्ञां प्राप्य ते प्रमथाः द्रुतं निर्गताः; यावदग्रे यान्ति तावदग्रतः कुद्धो गदाधरः दृष्टः।
Skanda (narration of events following Vīrabhadra’s order)
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame assumed)
Scene: The pramathas surge forward under Vīrabhadra’s order; ahead stands Gadādhara, wrathful, mace raised—an impending clash framed by smoke from the ruined sacrifice.
FAQs
When dharma is contested, opposing forces arise; the narrative frames conflict as the unfolding of cosmic justice after ritual arrogance.
The passage is within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī framework; this verse itself is event-driven and does not name a particular tirtha.
None; it continues the narrative of the disrupted yajña and the ensuing confrontation.