Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54
उत्पाद्य कन्यामेकां तु ब्रह्महत्येति विश्रुताम् । रक्तांबरधरां रक्तां रक्तस्रग्गंधलेपनाम्
utpādya kanyāmekāṃ tu brahmahatyeti viśrutām | raktāṃbaradharāṃ raktāṃ raktasraggaṃdhalepanām
پھر اس نے ایک کنیا کو پیدا کیا جو ‘برہماہتیا’ کے نام سے مشہور تھی؛ سرخ لباس پہنے، خود سرخ رنگت والی، سرخ مالاؤں، خوشبوؤں اور لیپ سے آراستہ۔
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva manifests a single maiden named Brahmahatyā—entirely red: red garments, red complexion, red garlands, red perfumes and unguents—an arresting embodiment of guilt and consequence, poised to pursue the skull-bearer.
FAQs
Sin is depicted as an active, binding force (personified), emphasizing the necessity of prāyaścitta and disciplined vows to dissolve karmic consequences.
The verse sits within the Kāśīkhanda’s Bhairava cycle; Kāśī’s dharmic-theological landscape frames the narrative, though no single tirtha is named here.
Not directly in this verse; it sets up the prāyaścitta theme already stated as the Kāpāla-vrata.