Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49
हुंडौ च मुंड युद्धाय न सज्जेते जयैषिणौ । एणशावं सृगालोपि मृदुस्पृशति पाणिना
huṃḍau ca muṃḍa yuddhāya na sajjete jayaiṣiṇau | eṇaśāvaṃ sṛgālopi mṛduspṛśati pāṇinā
ہُنڈا اور مُنڈا بھی، فتح کے خواہاں ہو کر، جنگ کے لیے تیار نہیں ہوتے۔ گیدڑ بھی ہرن کے بچے کو اپنے پنجے سے نرمی سے چھوتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two would-be warriors, Huṇḍa and Muṇḍa, stand with weapons yet do not ready themselves; nearby, a jackal gently places its paw on a fawn, an image of improbable tenderness under Kāśī’s calm aura.
FAQs
In a dharmic sphere, even the violent become gentle; ahiṃsā is portrayed as a transformative power.
Kāśī is the implied sacred backdrop of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; the verse emphasizes its peace-producing dharmic influence.
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