यांयां दिशं समभ्येति सोयं दुःसह दानवः । सासा समी भवेदस्य साध्वसादिव दिग्ध्रुवम्
yāṃyāṃ diśaṃ samabhyeti soyaṃ duḥsaha dānavaḥ | sāsā samī bhavedasya sādhvasādiva digdhruvam
ไม่ว่าอสูรผู้ยากจะทานทนผู้นั้นจะมุ่งไปทิศใด ทิศนั้นก็ประหนึ่งเข้ามาใกล้เขา—ตรึงแน่นด้วยความหวาดหวั่นดุจมั่นคงไม่ไหวติง
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (frame typical)
Scene: A sweeping scene where the demon’s approach makes the very horizons feel compressed; the four quarters darken, with frightened beings and dikpāla-like figures recoiling.
Fear spreads wherever adharma advances, but the Purāṇic arc points toward restoration through divine agency.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa frames the episode within Kāśī, though this verse does not praise a particular tīrtha.
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