Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78
गदिनाऽथ गदा तूर्णं दैत्येंद्रगिरिरेणुकृत् । ततः प्रहतवान्वीरो भुशुंड्या तं गदाधरम्
gadinā'tha gadā tūrṇaṃ daityeṃdragirireṇukṛt | tataḥ prahatavānvīro bhuśuṃḍyā taṃ gadādharam
پھر گدا بردار کی گدا تیزی سے گھومی اور ایسی گرد اڑائی گویا دَیتیہ راجا نے پہاڑ پھینک دیا ہو؛ تب اس بہادر نے بھوشُنڈی سے اس گدا دھار پر ضرب لگائی۔
Narrator (Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration traditionally Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A mace swings with such force it raises a dust-cloud like a mountain flung by a Daitya king; Vīrabhadra counters, striking the mace-bearer with his bhuśuṇḍī.
FAQs
Purāṇic battle scenes dramatize the clash of cosmic powers to reveal that arrogance around ritual and authority culminates in upheaval and correction.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa context ultimately glorifies Kāśī, though this verse itself remains within the Dakṣa-yajña combat narrative.
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