Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 9
पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रे तु प्रस्फोट्य घटसंभव । तदभेदितयौत्सुक्यादंडमष्टमके शते
pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu prasphoṭya ghaṭasaṃbhava | tadabheditayautsukyādaṃḍamaṣṭamake śate
ஓ குடத்தில்பிறந்தவனே! முழு ஆயிரம் ஆண்டுகள் கடந்தபின், ‘இன்னும் உடையவில்லை’ என்ற ஆவலால் அவள் எட்டாம் நூற்றாண்டில் (எட்டுநூறில்) முட்டையை உடைத்தாள்।
Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative voice)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kumbha-sambhava (Agastya) is addressed (as per vocative) within the internal narration
Scene: A symbolic montage of passing centuries—stars wheeling overhead—while an egg remains unbroken; then the decisive cracking, light spilling out, suggesting both wonder and impending tragedy.
FAQs
Even after long waiting, restless desire can push one to premature action; patience is upheld as a dharmic virtue.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse remains within mythic narration rather than tīrtha praise.
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