Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6
तांद्रष्टुं मानसः पुत्रो ब्रह्मणस्तपसांनिधिः । कृतवल्कलकौपीनो धृत कृष्णाजिनांबरः । गृहीतब्रह्मदंडश्च त्रिवृन्मौंजी सुमेखलः । उरस्थलस्थ तुलसी मालया समलंकृतः
tāṃdraṣṭuṃ mānasaḥ putro brahmaṇastapasāṃnidhiḥ | kṛtavalkalakaupīno dhṛta kṛṣṇājināṃbaraḥ | gṛhītabrahmadaṃḍaśca trivṛnmauṃjī sumekhalaḥ | urasthalastha tulasī mālayā samalaṃkṛtaḥ
তাক দৰ্শন কৰিবলৈ নাৰদ—ব্ৰহ্মাৰ মানসপুত্ৰ, তপস্যাৰ নিধান—বল্কল-বস্ত্ৰ আৰু কৌপীন পৰিধান কৰি, কৃষ্ণাজিন অংগবস্ত্ৰ কৰি; ব্ৰাহ্মণদণ্ড হাতে ধৰি, ত্ৰিতন্তু মুঞ্জা-মেখলা সুন্দৰকৈ বঁধি, বক্ষস্থলত তুলসীৰ মালাৰে অলংকৃত হৈ আগবাঢ়িল।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nārada sets out as an austere brahmacārin-sage: bark garments, loincloth, black antelope-skin, brahma-daṇḍa, triple muñja girdle, tulasī garland on his chest—poised for a sacred audience.
FAQs
True authority in dharma is marked by tapas (discipline) and humility, symbolized by the sage’s simple ascetic emblems and devotional tulasī.
This verse is descriptive rather than a tīrtha-eulogy; within Kāśīkhaṇḍa it supports the broader Kāśī-māhātmya frame while the scene shifts to Dvārakā in the narrative.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse highlights ascetic insignia (daṇḍa, mauñjī, kṛṣṇājina) and tulasī as devotional markers.