Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71
पंचास्यस्त्वथ पंचास्यं मुष्ट्या मूर्धन्यताडयत् । स च तेनैव रूपेण कक्षानिष्पेषणेन च
paṃcāsyastvatha paṃcāsyaṃ muṣṭyā mūrdhanyatāḍayat | sa ca tenaiva rūpeṇa kakṣāniṣpeṣaṇena ca
அப்போது பஞ்சமுகன் (சிவன்) பஞ்சமுக எதிரியின் தலையில் குத்தினான்; மேலும் அதே உருவத்தாலும், அந்த இடுப்பு-நெரித்தலாலும் தைத்யனின் தாக்குதலைத் தடுத்தான்।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kāśī-māhātmya audience
Scene: Śiva as the five-faced Pañcāsya delivers a decisive fist-strike to the demon’s head, countering the crushing waist-hold; the same manifested form becomes the instrument of reversal and restoration.
FAQs
The Lord meets adharma on its own ground and overcomes it; divine power is not limited by the opponent’s disguises.
Kāśī, through a local mythic confrontation that establishes Śiva’s guardianship over the sacred area.
None; this is a narrative verse within the sthala-mahātmya episode.