Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 96
शृंगश्चत्वारि यस्यासन्हस्तासः सप्त एव च । द्वे शीर्षे च त्रयः पादाः स देवो विधिनैक्षत
śṛṃgaścatvāri yasyāsanhastāsaḥ sapta eva ca | dve śīrṣe ca trayaḥ pādāḥ sa devo vidhinaikṣata
جس کی صورت میں چار سینگ، سات ہاتھ، دو سر اور تین پاؤں تھے—اس دیوتا کو ودھی (برہما) نے دیدار کیا۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages in the Purāṇic frame
Scene: Brahmā beholds a radiant, abstracted deity-form: four horn-like rays, seven arm-like streams of light, two luminous faces, and three pillar-like feet, hovering as a mandala of numbers.
FAQs
The liberating principle is expressed through a symbolic, multi-limbed form to indicate its many powers and levels of meaning.
Kāśī’s revelatory tradition in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, emphasizing direct vision of the saving principle.
None explicit; the verse presents a contemplative iconography for meditation.