Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77
तदुत्तरे मुने रुद्रश्तुःशृंगोस्ति भीषणः । त्रिपादस्तु द्विशीर्षा च हस्ताः स्युः सप्त एव हि
taduttare mune rudraśtuḥśṛṃgosti bhīṣaṇaḥ | tripādastu dviśīrṣā ca hastāḥ syuḥ sapta eva hi
அதன் வடக்கில், முனிவரே, துஃஶ்ருங்கன் எனப்படும் பயங்கர ருத்ரன் உள்ளான். அவனுக்கு மூன்று கால்கள், இரண்டு தலைகள், மேலும் ஏழு கைகள் உள்ளன॥
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni (sage)
Scene: A fearsome Rudra named Tuḥśṛṅga stands to the north—three-footed, two-headed, seven-handed—radiating protective terror; the space feels like a charged threshold in Kāśī’s labyrinthine lanes.
FAQs
Kāśī is protected and sanctified by extraordinary Rudra-forms; their very presence marks the city as a charged sacred geography.
A northern spot within the Kāśī sacred circuit where the Rudra named Tuḥśṛṅga is situated.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse primarily maps the sacred presence of a Rudra-form by direction.