Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80
संचिकीर्षति दुष्टात्मा गतायुर्मम शापतः । मा तद्भीतिं कुरु युवंस्तत्कार्यं भविताचिरम्
saṃcikīrṣati duṣṭātmā gatāyurmama śāpataḥ | mā tadbhītiṃ kuru yuvaṃstatkāryaṃ bhavitāciram
وہ بدباطن کچھ شر انگیزی کا ارادہ رکھتا ہے، مگر میرے شاپ کے سبب اس کی عمر پوری ہو چکی ہے۔ اس سے خوف نہ کرو؛ اس کا انجام بہت جلد آ جائے گا۔
Vidyādharī
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: The addressed youth/ally
Scene: A confident protector declares that the wicked one’s lifespan is exhausted by a curse; the listener is told not to fear, as the foe’s end is near—tension resolves into steady courage.
FAQs
Adharma may threaten, but it is ultimately bounded; fearlessness is grounded in trust that unrighteousness is transient.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; the verse itself does not name a particular tirtha.
None; the verse offers reassurance based on a śāpa (curse) determining the villain’s fate.