Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
स च दुंदुभिनिर्ह्राद दैत्येंद्रो बलदर्पितः । व्याघ्र रूपं समास्थाय तमादातुं मतिं दधे
sa ca duṃdubhinirhrāda daityeṃdro baladarpitaḥ | vyāghra rūpaṃ samāsthāya tamādātuṃ matiṃ dadhe
اور وہ دُندُبھی نِرہْراد، دَیتیوں کا سردار، قوت کے غرور میں مست ہو کر ببر شیر کی صورت اختیار کر کے اس بھکت کو پکڑ لینے کا ارادہ باندھ بیٹھا۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The daitya-lord Duṃdubhi-nirhrāda, radiating arrogance, transforms into a tiger—muscles taut, eyes fierce—poised at the hut’s threshold to seize the meditating devotee.
FAQs
The devotee becomes the focal point of dharma’s protection; adharma, though powerful, is shown as ultimately constrained before devotion.
The verse continues the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting; the emphasis is on Śivarātri devotion within sacred Kāśī’s spiritual atmosphere.
No new prescription; it continues the Śivarātri context introduced in the prior verse.