Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78
व्योमवर्त्मनितां रात्रौ यावन्मलयपर्वतम् । स निनीषति तावच्च विद्युन्माली समागतः
vyomavartmanitāṃ rātrau yāvanmalayaparvatam | sa ninīṣati tāvacca vidyunmālī samāgataḥ
Habang tinatangay niya ang babae sa landas ng kalangitan sa gabi, na naglalayong dalhin siya hanggang sa Bundok Malaya, dumating si Vidyunmālī sa sandaling iyon.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda addressing Agastya)
Tirtha: Malaya-parvata (as destination reference)
Type: peak
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (traditional frame)
Scene: Night sky with clouds; the Vidyādhara carries Suśīlā toward distant Malaya; at the critical moment Vidyunmālī appears—an imposing aerial figure confronting the abductor.
FAQs
Adharmic acts invite sudden obstacles; destiny turns swiftly when dharma’s counter-force appears.
No Kāśī tirtha is named here; a geographic landmark (Malaya-parvata) is referenced within the story.
None.
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