Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54
प्रमथाः कालयामासुरन्यानपि च याचकान् । इत्थं प्रमथिते यागे प्रमथैः प्रथमागतैः । वीरभद्रः स्वतः प्राप्तः प्रमथानीकिनी वृतः
pramathāḥ kālayāmāsuranyānapi ca yācakān | itthaṃ pramathite yāge pramathaiḥ prathamāgataiḥ | vīrabhadraḥ svataḥ prāptaḥ pramathānīkinī vṛtaḥ
Các Pramatha đã đánh gục cả những kẻ đến cầu xin khác nữa. Khi lễ tế bị những Pramatha đến trước phá tan như vậy, Vīrabhadra tự mình đến nơi, được đạo binh Pramatha vây quanh hộ vệ.
Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative voice, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Scene: Pramathas strike down even other petitioners; the yajña lies shattered—spilled offerings, broken posts, scattered vessels. Then Vīrabhadra arrives suddenly, towering and radiant-fierce, encircled by a vast pramatha host like a storm-front.
FAQs
When dharma is violated through arrogance, corrective forces manifest swiftly; cosmic order reasserts itself through Śiva’s emissaries.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s overarching sacred landscape is Kāśī, presenting Śiva’s sovereignty over all rites performed in holy space.
No direct prescription; the narrative warns that yajña must be grounded in humility and proper devotion.