Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42
ततो ऽयुध्यन्दुराचारास्तेनैकेन च तेऽखिलाः । यथाकथंचित्ताननयत्स च स्वावसथांतिकम्
tato 'yudhyandurācārāstenaikena ca te'khilāḥ | yathākathaṃcittānanayatsa ca svāvasathāṃtikam
پھر ان بدکردار لوگوں نے اس اکیلے آدمی سے لڑائی کی؛ پھر بھی، کسی نہ کسی طرح، وہ ان سب کو اپنی رہائش گاہ کے قریب لے آیا۔
Skanda (deduced narration in Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame typical)
Scene: A narrow Kāśī lane opening into a courtyard near a house; one fighter draws attackers toward the threshold; multiple assailants crowd in, weapons raised; dust and motion lines suggest struggle.
FAQs
Even when outnumbered, resolve and strategy can restrain wrongdoers; the narrative frames adharma as unstable and confrontable.
No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered sacred narrative.
None.