Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33
विज्ञाय नेत्रसंज्ञां तु सर्वज्ञार्ध शरीरिणी । तेनैव कंदुकेनाथ युगपन्निजघान तौ
vijñāya netrasaṃjñāṃ tu sarvajñārdha śarīriṇī | tenaiva kaṃdukenātha yugapannijaghāna tau
కళ్ల సంకేతాన్ని గ్రహించిన సర్వజ్ఞుని అర్ధశరీరిణి దేవి, అదే కందుకంతో ఆ ఇద్దరినీ ఒకేసారి సంహరించింది।
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Ambikā/Durgā sphere)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devī reads the eye-signal of the all-knowing Lord (her other half) and, without delay, strikes both intruders simultaneously using a ball (kanduka) as a weapon.
FAQs
The Divine Feminine is inseparable from the Divine Lord; Devī’s play becomes swift justice when dharma is threatened.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa context glorifies Kāśī as the realm of immediate divine intervention for the protection of sanctity.
No ritual instruction appears; the focus is on the theological motif of unity (Śiva-Śakti) and decisive protection.