Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68
मर्त्यानां गणना क्वेह निमेषार्ध निमेषिणाम् । देवोपि निर्मलं मत्वा मंदरं चारुकंदरम्
martyānāṃ gaṇanā kveha nimeṣārdha nimeṣiṇām | devopi nirmalaṃ matvā maṃdaraṃ cārukaṃdaram
ইয়াত মৰ্ত্যলোকীয়সকলৰ গণনা ক’ত সম্ভৱ, যেতিয়া আধা নিমেষত পলক মৰা দেৱতাসকলেই অগণন? দেৱতাইও মন্দৰ—সুন্দৰ গুহাযুক্ত—ক সম্পূৰ্ণ নিৰ্মল বুলি জানি সন্মান কৰিলে।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Mandara
Type: peak
Listener: Kāśī-mahātmya audience (contextual)
Scene: A vast mountain Mandara with beautiful cave mouths; devas above, tiny mortals below, emphasizing scale; the mountain radiates purity as if washed in light.
FAQs
Sacred places are measured not by human calculation but by divine purity and the subtle merit they embody.
Mandara (Maṃdara), praised as a pure, beautiful-caverned sacred mountain within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse functions as a eulogy (māhātmya) of Mandara’s purity.