Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60
उदायुधैर्महाभीमैःकृतत्रिजगतीभयैः । समेतः स महादैत्यो दुर्गः क्रुद्धो विनिर्ययौ
udāyudhairmahābhīmaiḥkṛtatrijagatībhayaiḥ | sametaḥ sa mahādaityo durgaḥ kruddho viniryayau
نہایت ہیبت ناک عظیم ہتھیاروں سے مسلح، جنہوں نے تینوں جہانوں میں لرزہ طاری کر دیا تھا؛ وہ مہادَیتیہ دُرگا اپنی پوری فوج سمیت غضب میں نکل پڑا۔
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda narrating to Agastya)
Scene: Durga-daitya, eyes blazing, emerges with a terrifying arsenal—maces, spears, bows—radiating dread; the sky darkens, beings recoil, the three worlds seem to shudder.
FAQs
Even when fear spreads across the three worlds, the Purāṇic worldview insists that dharma has a higher refuge—especially within a sanctified kṣetra.
Kāśī is the primary sacred landscape of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse itself is narrative.
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