Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 61
अथ नष्टेषु सर्वेषु प्रमथेषु हरेर्भयात् । चुकोप वीरभद्रः स प्रलयानलसंनिभः
atha naṣṭeṣu sarveṣu pramatheṣu harerbhayāt | cukopa vīrabhadraḥ sa pralayānalasaṃnibhaḥ
Bấy giờ, khi mọi Pramatha đều bị diệt vong vì khiếp sợ Hari, Vīrabhadra nổi giận, tựa ngọn lửa hủy diệt vào lúc tận kiếp.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Interlocutors/audience of the māhātmya
Scene: Vīrabhadra stands amid the aftermath, eyes blazing; a halo of red-black flames like pralaya rises behind him, while the ground is strewn with fallen pramathas and broken weapons.
FAQs
Unchecked fear and conflict ignite destructive anger; dharma requires restraint even amid cosmic power.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse focuses on the mythic confrontation.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse narrates Vīrabhadra’s wrath.