Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68
यांतमायांतमालोक्य दूरस्थं निकटस्थितम् । प्रत्येकं रोमसंख्याभिर्व्यधाद्बाणैस्तदांधकः
yāṃtamāyāṃtamālokya dūrasthaṃ nikaṭasthitam | pratyekaṃ romasaṃkhyābhirvyadhādbāṇaistadāṃdhakaḥ
جو پیچھے ہٹ رہا تھا یا آگے بڑھ رہا تھا، جو دور تھا یا نزدیک—ہر ایک کو دیکھ کر اندھک نے بالوں کی تعداد جتنے بے شمار تیروں سے چھید ڈالا۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Scene: Andhaka tracks every opponent—retreating or advancing, far or near—and showers each with arrows ‘as many as hairs,’ filling the air with shafts.
FAQs
Unchecked power and aggression can become indiscriminate—this sets the stage for divine correction and the restoration of dharma.
The Kāśī region is the textual frame; this particular verse does not name a distinct tīrtha.
None in this verse.