Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 110
त्वया कपटरूपेण बलिनः कैटभादयः । न बलेन हताः संख्ये हता एवच्छलेन हि
tvayā kapaṭarūpeṇa balinaḥ kaiṭabhādayaḥ | na balena hatāḥ saṃkhye hatā evacchalena hi
“Sa iyong mapanlinlang na anyo, napatay mo ang makapangyarihan gaya nina Kaiṭabha—hindi sa lakas sa digmaan, kundi sa talino at daya.”
Narrator quoting a rebuke/argument within the dialogue (speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A divine figure assumes a deceptive form to overcome a mighty asura on a cosmic battlefield; the defeated demon’s pride collapses as dharma is restored.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives sometimes frame victory as arising from divine strategy, not merely physical might—raising questions of means and dharma.
Indirectly Kāśī, as the teaching context of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; this verse itself is argumentative rather than geographical.
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