Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68
पिंगाक्ष महिषग्रीव महोग्रात्युग्रविग्रह । क्रूराक्ष क्रोधनाक्रंद संक्रंदन महाभय
piṃgākṣa mahiṣagrīva mahogrātyugravigraha | krūrākṣa krodhanākraṃda saṃkraṃdana mahābhaya
ஓ பிங்காட்சா, எருமைக் கழுத்தோனே, மிகுந்த உக்கிரமும் அச்சமூட்டும் உருவத்தோனே! ஓ கொடூரக் கண்களோனே, கோபத்தில் கர்ஜிப்பவனே—ஓ சங்க்ரந்தன, மாபெரும் பயமே!
Daitya-puṅgavaḥ (deduced from continuation of vocative address)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/pilgrims seeking kṣetra procedures (contextual)
Scene: A tawny-eyed, buffalo-necked, roaring guardian figure—identified as Saṃkrandana—stands with flaring nostrils and wrathful gaze, as devotees chant from a safe distance near a shrine wall; the atmosphere is charged, yet devotional.
FAQs
Fierce names and forms dramatize the forces opposed to dharma, heightening the purāṇic message of divine victory.
Not specified in this verse; the setting remains within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered narrative.
None.