Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33
महिषासुरतीर्थं च तत्समीपेति पावनम् । यत्र तप्त्वा स दैत्येंद्रो विजिग्ये सकलान्सुरान्
mahiṣāsuratīrthaṃ ca tatsamīpeti pāvanam | yatra taptvā sa daityeṃdro vijigye sakalānsurān
Gần đó là Mahīṣāsura Tīrtha thanh tịnh. Chính tại nơi ấy, vị chúa tể Dānava sau khi tu khổ hạnh đã chiến thắng hết thảy chư thiên.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Mahīṣāsura Tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A dramatic flashback tableau: Mahīṣāsura (buffalo-demon form or daitya king aspect) performing fierce austerities near a sacred water-spot; devas shown in the distance subdued; the tīrtha itself glows as ‘pāvana’.
FAQs
Tapas performed at potent sacred sites is portrayed as extraordinarily efficacious—so powerful that even adversarial beings could gain immense might.
Mahīṣāsura Tīrtha, a purifying tīrtha in the Kāśī region.
No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse recalls austerity (tapas) performed there as a testimony to the place’s power.