Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26
अतीव क्षुब्धचित्तोभून्मंदराघाततोऽब्धिवत् । उवाच च मनस्येतन्महाक्रोधरयांधदृक्
atīva kṣubdhacittobhūnmaṃdarāghātato'bdhivat | uvāca ca manasyetanmahākrodharayāṃdhadṛk
اس کا دل سخت بے قرار ہو گیا، جیسے مندر پہاڑ کے ضرب سے سمندر میں طوفان اٹھے۔ بڑے غضب کے سیلاب سے اندھا ہو کر اس نے دل ہی دل میں یہ بات کہی۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (typical frame; not explicit)
Scene: Dakṣa’s inner rage swells like an ocean struck by Mandara; his eyes appear clouded, posture rigid, as he speaks to himself.
FAQs
Anger overwhelms discrimination; when inner vision is blinded, one moves toward adharma and offense.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse uses a cosmic simile to describe Dakṣa’s agitation within the Kāśī narrative frame.
None; the verse prepares the ground for ethical consequences of uncontrolled anger.