Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74
कयाचिज्जलदेव्याथ तस्माच्चक्रूरयादसः । प्रसह्य नीत्वोदधये दृष्टवांस्तं समर्पितम्
kayācijjaladevyātha tasmāccakrūrayādasaḥ | prasahya nītvodadhaye dṛṣṭavāṃstaṃ samarpitam
اس نے دیکھا کہ ایک بے رحم آبی مخلوق زبردستی بچے کو اٹھا لے گئی تھی، اور کسی جل دیوی نے اسے سمندر کے حوالے کر دیا تھا۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (implied); Gaṅgā’s cosmic course to Sāgara (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A child is dragged by a fierce aquatic creature; a water-goddess escorts the captive toward the vast ocean, whose waves loom like a cosmic court.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives show unseen divine agencies operating within nature, making moral order and divine governance felt in the world.
The sacred-water setting continues within Kāśīkhaṇḍa; no named tirtha is cited in this line.
None.