Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
रुद्रश्चातीवरुद्रोभूद्बहुकोपाग्निदीपितः । ततस्तत्कोपजाद्वह्निराविरासीन्महाद्युतिः
rudraścātīvarudrobhūdbahukopāgnidīpitaḥ | tatastatkopajādvahnirāvirāsīnmahādyutiḥ
رُدر نہایت ہیبت ناک ہو اٹھا، شدید غضب کی آگ سے بھڑک گیا۔ اسی غضب سے پیدا ہونے والی شعلہ زن آگ سے ایک عظیم نورانی تجلی ظاہر ہوئی۔
Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa norm: Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Śiva’s kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sage/audience in the frame
Scene: Rudra’s visage turns terrifying; a blaze born of wrath erupts, and from it a great radiance manifests—suggesting the birth of a formidable being or weaponized tejas.
FAQs
Cosmic order responds to sacrilege; Rudra’s wrath is portrayed as a force that restores dharma when it is violated.
Indirectly Kāśī through Mahākāla/Rudra’s supremacy; the verse is primarily narrative rather than topographical.
None; it warns against ritual arrogance that provokes adharma and divine correction.