Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20
आंदोल्य मौलिमसकृत्कुंडलाभ्यां विराजितम् । गजीभूयाशु दुद्राव तां देवीं समरेऽसुरः
āṃdolya maulimasakṛtkuṃḍalābhyāṃ virājitam | gajībhūyāśu dudrāva tāṃ devīṃ samare'suraḥ
เขาสั่นศีรษะซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า ต่างหูส่องประกายรุ่งเรือง แล้วอสูรก็แปลงกายเป็นช้างอย่างรวดเร็ว พุ่งเข้าหาพระเทวีในสมรภูมิ
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis / kathā-audience
Scene: The asura shakes his head repeatedly, earrings flashing; his body swells and reshapes into a massive elephant form, then he charges straight at Devī across the battlefield.
FAQs
Ego and aggression may change forms, yet they remain bound to defeat when confronted with the Divine.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework glorifies Kāśī; this verse advances the narrative of divine guardianship rather than naming a particular tīrtha.
None; it is a narrative moment describing the Asura’s transformation and attack.