Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67
अयि जंभ महाजंभ कुजंभ विकटानन । लंबोदर महाकाय महादंष्ट्र महाहनो
ayi jaṃbha mahājaṃbha kujaṃbha vikaṭānana | laṃbodara mahākāya mahādaṃṣṭra mahāhano
ஓ ஜம்பா, மகாஜம்பா, குஜம்பா, பயங்கர முகத்தோனே! ஓ லம்போதரா, மாபெருங் காயத்தோனே, பெருந்தந்தத்தோனே, வலிய தாடையோனே!
Daitya-puṅgavaḥ (the demon leader issuing calls; from prior verse context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer sages/devotees (contextual)
Scene: A speaker addresses a towering, pot-bellied, tusked, massive-jawed guardian-demon/gaṇa with a garland of skulls and heavy ornaments, standing at the threshold of a sacred precinct in Kāśī; lamps flicker, smoke curls, and the Ganga’s distant shimmer frames the scene.
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Purāṇic scenes often personify adharma through terrifying forms, preparing the contrast with divine order and protection.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse functions within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative framework.
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