Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48
यत्रच्छत्रीकृतो दैत्यः शूलमारोप्य भूतले । तच्छूलोत्पाटनाज्जातं तत्र कुंडं महत्तरम्
yatracchatrīkṛto daityaḥ śūlamāropya bhūtale | tacchūlotpāṭanājjātaṃ tatra kuṃḍaṃ mahattaram
ณ สถานที่ซึ่งอสูรถูกทำดุจฉัตรแล้วถูกเสียบตรึงด้วยตรีศูลลงบนพื้นพิภพ ครั้นเมื่อถอนตรีศูลนั้นขึ้น ณ ที่นั้นได้บังเกิดสระกุณฑะศักดิ์สิทธิ์อันยิ่งใหญ่ยวด
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: (Unnamed here) Kuṇḍa at Kṛttivāseśvara associated with Śūlotpāṭana
Type: kund
Scene: Śiva’s trident stands planted in the earth with a daitya pinned like a canopy; as the trident is uprooted, a wide, luminous kuṇḍa wells up, ringed by astonished sages and gaṇas.
FAQs
Kāśī’s landscape is sanctified by Śiva’s acts; mythic events become enduring tīrthas for later pilgrims.
A great kuṇḍa (sacred pond) arising at the spot connected with Śiva’s trident and the demon’s downfall, in the Kṛttivāseśvara area of Kāśī.
Not here directly; the verse explains tīrtha-creation (the origin of the kuṇḍa).