नासापुटांस्तथान्यासां पाटयामास पार्षदः । चिच्छेद चांगुलीश्चापि तथान्यासां शिवप्रियः
nāsāpuṭāṃstathānyāsāṃ pāṭayāmāsa pārṣadaḥ | ciccheda cāṃgulīścāpi tathānyāsāṃ śivapriyaḥ
شیو کے اس پیارے خادم (پارشدا) نے کچھ عورتوں کے نتھنے پھاڑ دیے؛ اور اس نے دوسروں کی انگلیاں بھی کاٹ دیں۔
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Kāśī (didactic frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis / internal audience
Scene: A fierce Śiva-gaṇa attendant, weaponless or with minimal arms, swiftly splitting nostrils and severing fingers (shown symbolically), while terrified women recoil; the yajña pavilion is in ruins.
Devotion without humility turns into offense; the Purāṇa uses stark imagery to deter blasphemy and arrogance.
The broader Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting, where devotion to Viśveśvara (Śiva) is central, frames the lesson.
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